crustose lichen, on sheltered juniper bark THALLUS: areolate, pale yellow, K- (or very weakly reddish), C- APOTHECIA: dark orange; rims thalline but often with pigment bleeding over from discs; epihymenium and cortical pigments K+ blood red, C+ red, POL+ golden, soluble in K; hymenium IKI+ blue; paraphyses branched near tips, last 2-3 cells inflated SPORES: 8 per ascus, polarilocular, 13+/-2 x 6.5/-1.2 m (Q=2.0/-0.3) (N=15), septum 4.1+/-0.8 m thick