[1] The fungus produces small fruit bodies and grows in mosses on tree trunks.

As the fruit body matures, the fibrous layer of the outer peridium splits, star-like, into three to six rays about halfway down or more.

The fungus is fornicate, meaning that the rays curve downward so that the base of the fruit body becomes arched up, which elevates the spore sac.

When freshly opened, the inner surface of the rays is covered with a fleshy, pale buff, layer of tissue.

The capillitium (coarse, thick-walled cells in the gleba) threads are unbranched, and measure about 3 μm thick.