Thallus crustose to ± papillate-globose or granular, rather insignificant, in irregular patches 0.5-1 cm diam., amongst mosses, often overlooked. Apothecia minute, 0.2-0.6(-1.0) mm diam., conspicuous, bright cinnabar-red to dark rust red, scattered, sessile, disc subconvex to plane, roughened, margins entire to subcrenulate, coriaceous, concolorous with disc. Ascospores biseriate, ellipsoid-ovoid, apices rounded, 2-locular 13-15(-17.5) × 6.5-7.5 µm, septum c. 063 of length of spore. Chemistry: Emodin, parietin, xanthorin, fallacinal, chloremodin, fragilin.