Thallus squamulose, the squamules 0.2-0.5 mm diam., sometimes almost granular, spreading irregularly over substrate, ochre-brown more rarely grey, greenish when wet, resting on a thin, indistinct, pale prothallus. Cephalodia often present, usually similar to squamules but darker, scattered among squamules or on outer surface of apothecia. Apothecia frequent, large, 1-3(-5) mm diam., disc brown or red-brown, concave to plane or undulate, smooth, matt, epruinose, margins ± squamulose or entire, the lower part ± densely covered by short, irregular, simple hairs. Ascospores ellipsoid, 19-28 × 8-10 µm, epispore warted 2-3 µm thick.