Growing among pine needles. Stems mostly rooting into the pine needle litter with only the cup surfaces exposed. Asci operculate and 8-spored. Spores smooth and with 1 guttule. Spore measurements: (13.6) 14.4 - 16.9 (17.3) Ã- (10.4) 10.6 - 12.1 (12.8) µm, Q = (1.2) 1.3 - 1.45 (1.5); N = 30, Me = 15.7 Ã- 11.5 µm; Qe = 1.4