crust lichen, on shaded/sheltered juniper bark, with (and being overgrown by) Phaeophyscia spp. THALLUS: medium to dark gray, verruculose, K-, C- APOTHECIA: lecanorine; rim K- C-; epihymenium with abundant POL+ golden granules, K+ purplish red, C-; hymenium and hypothecium clear; abundant algae in rim and below SPORE: 8 per ascus, polarilocular with distinct isthmus, 10-12 x 5-7 m (N=21), septum 2.5-5.0 m