The type specimen was collected by the second author from the Centro de Pesquisa do Cacao (Itabuna) in Atlantic Forest.

The thallus has a dull appearance, showing shades of greenish-grey to brownish, and is devoid of soralia and isidia (reproductive propagules).

The medulla, both of the verrucae and the thallus, is white to faintly yellow and reacts to a solution of potassium hydroxide (i.e., the K spot test) with an orange to reddish colour.

The excipulum is hyaline at the periphery and internally contains pockets of the medullary layer filled with greyish to ochraceous-yellow hydrophobic granules.

These granules are opaque and only partially dissolve in potassium hydroxide solution, resulting in a K+ orange-yellowish to greenish lemon-yellow reaction.