HABITAT hardwood forest on top of small hill in bottom of steep valley; SUBSTRATE siliceous rock and thin mineral soil over rock, frequently growing over other nearby lichens; ASPECT partly sunny; NOTES thallus subcoralloid with nearly terete branching minute lobes, nearly entirely sterile but for one apothecium with incomplete thalline margin, K-; SPORES 8 per ascus, oblong to slightly bent, ~15 x 5 m.