HABITAT oldgrowth chaparral and conglomerate outcrops at top of high transverse ridge; SUBSTRATE north face of conglomerate cliff; ASPECT shaded; NOTES pure shiny white crust, K+y C- KC- UV- 350-375nm, abundant round substipitate apothecia, rims smooth even prominant, disks shiny black, epihymenium dark blue-green POL- turning bright green in K, hymenium and subhymenium hyaline POL-, hypothecium finely POL+ clearing in K, amphithecium also with large crystals not clearing in K; SPORES 8 per ascus, ellipsoid, simple, hyaline, smooth, 12-15 x 7-8 m.