The type specimen was collected by the author in the Diktamo gorge (Keramies, Chania); there, at an elevation of about 100–200 m (330–660 ft), it was found growing on a Cretan maple tree (Acer sempervirens).

[1] Waynea cretica has an olivaceous to greyish-green, dull thallus with squamules measuring 0.125–0.75 mm wide.

Apothecia are biatorine in form with a colour ranging from whitish pink to greyish or reddish violet and a diameter of 0.2–0.45 mm.

It can be distinguished from Waynea cretica by its minute thallus parts (up to 5 mm), and its shorter squamules.

The lichen has been recorded on the bark of Acer sempervirens, Old World sycamore (Platanus orientalis), and kermes oak (Quercus coccifera).