thallus lacking, apothecia scattered strongly white pruinose minutely cracked rims and lightly pruinose brown disks, epihymenium brown POL- but granular, amphithecium POL+ strong brownish-granular with thick (to 70um) lower cortex, paraphyses expanded at tip slightly to ~3um branched sparingly in upper half, spores 8 per ascus ~10-11x5-6um