thick white thallus, large flexuous constricted apothecia, disk red-brown thinly pruinose, rims white prominent smooth shiny, epihymenium strongly POL+ apparently inspersed clearing in K, hymenium ~50um, amphithecium strongly POL+ clearing in K with clusters of K- large crystals cortex indistinct and even ~50-60um, spores 8/ascus ~16x8um thick-walled