Initially thought to be corticolous (bark-dwelling), later collection of the lichen suggest that it may be lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling).

Its apothecia, which range in colour from a subtle green to an orange-yellow, are quite tiny, and its asci are polysporous, housing numerous minuscule spherical, colourless ascospores.

[4] The lichen is widespread but uncommon in the coastal plain of southeastern North America, south to Georgia.

In the Delmarva Peninsula, several populations were discovered where the lichen had numerous pycnidia (not previously reported in this species), but lacked apothecia.

Although the lichen was previously assumed to be corticolous (bark-dwelling), further collections and additional investigation of previously collected specimens suggests that the species may be lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling), as it appears to be consistently associated and growing over the crustose lichen Pyrrhospora varians, sometimes to the point almost almost completely obscuring the thallus of its putative host.