Thalli sprouting out of a partially decorticated kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides) log. Thallus black, 'sooty', clavate, solitary and entangled, or bifurcate (rarely branching up to 5 times from near base), sprouting from log in coralloid tangles. Voucher: P.J. de Lange 13288 & F.J.T. de Lange, PDD