Habitat: underside of well-rotted conifer log in small creek draw.
Ascocarp: stalked, 0.4 – 1.0mm
Stalk: black; greenish under LM; composed of long interwoven parallel strands
Capitulum: mazaedium green-gray; 0.05-0.2 mm diameter
Asci: 8-spored; 27-35 µm
Spores: single-celled, rounded ends; 4.0-4.7 x 2.0-2.5 µm
With pale stalk much larger than surrounding lichen. On thuja.