Thallus thick, granular-papillate or ± glomerulate, spreading irregularly, 0.5-2.0 cm diam., green when wet, pale grey-white when dry, corticolous, humicolous or muscicolous. Apothecia prominent, sessile, constricted at base, scattered, discrete or ± contiguous and deformed through mutual pressure, 1-3 mm diam., round to irregular, plane to ± undulate-contorted, disc matt, flesh-pink, epruinose, minutely wrinkled or roughened, thalline margin white, wrinkled-striate, conspicuous at first then excluded with age. Ascospores mainly 1-septate, septum sinuous, 17-24 × 4-5 µm. Chemistry: Thallus K+ yellow, apothecia K+ orange, C+ orange. Thamnolic, perlatolic and squamatic (tr.) acids.