The type collection was made from Mount Adam at an altitude between 670 and 700 m (2,200 and 2,300 ft), where it was found growing on exposed siliceous rocks located in feldmark on a summit ridge.

[2] The thallus is typically spread out and embedded, becoming noticeable between coarse sandstone grains as a creamy-white layer lacking a well-defined cortex.

The thallus's internal structure, or medulla, shows a colour change to blue or red-purple when treated with iodine-potassium iodide (IKI).

Other detailed microscopic features include the hymenium, which is clear and stands between 120 and 135 μm tall, asci that are cylindrical in shape, and ascospores that are broadly elliptical.

Additionally, conidiomata, structures producing asexual spores, are black, not frequently found but usually present, and the conidia themselves are cylindrical in shape.