Thallus caespitose, 1-4 cm diam., rosette-forming to ± spreading, deep chrome yellow, paler at margins, verrucose-areolate centrally, areolae small, marginal lobes radiate, convex, closely dichotomous, 10-15 mm long, ± terete, 0.5-0.8 mm diam., apices subflabellate, digitate, ultimate lobules 1-1.5 mm long, 0.4 mm diam., closely attached, surface smooth, with effigurate, yellowish maculae (×10 lens). Apothecia frequent, central, rarely marginal, 0.5-1.0 mm diam., sessile, disc orange, concave to plane, margins ± prominent, paler than disc. Ascospores ellipsoid, 10-13 × 5.5-8 µm.