Primary thallus, granular-crustose, bright emerald-green when wet, spreading over bryophytes and decaying wood. Pseudopodetia terete, hollow, often fissured, 2-8(-10) mm tall, irregularly branched in upper parts. Algal layer not homogeneous, separated in loose granules. Internal chrondroid layer visible as thick, cartilaginous strands, often loosely netted. Apothecia terminal, swollen, conglomerate, rarely simple, disc brown, black, matt or shining, strongly globose, convoluted, immarginate, to 5 mm diam. Ascospores ellipsoid-fusiform, 8-10 × 1-3 µm. Pycnidia brown, bottle-shaped, apical on tips of short, lateral or sterile branches. Conidia not seen. Chemistry: An unidentified fatty acid.