thallus squamulose, squamules pale to medium dull brown, cortex to ~60-70um paraplect. with cells ~4um pale plus epicortex to ~15um, algal layer continuous and even, medulla weakly POL+, all K- C- KC-, apothecia ~round ~1 per squamule, disk rough red-brown, parathecium well-developed forming conspicuous crown on most, epihymenium red-brown, hymenium ~125-200um, paraphyses ~1.5um at base, spores ~3-5x2-2.5um