The type specimen was collected from Itatiaia National Park (Rio de Janeiro) at an elevation of 1,100 m (3,600 ft).

The thallus surface is smooth to slightly granular and dull, with a grey colour that turns orange-red when the cortex is abraded.

Initially, the discs of the apothecia are flat, but they become distinctly convex over time, with a colour range from light brown-grey to dark brown.

The hypothecium is significantly larger, measuring 150–200 μm in height, and is reddish to dark brown, showing no reaction to the K spot test.

These ascospores lack septa (internal partitions), and have walls that are equally thickened and surrounded by a halo about 1 μm thick.