The shell is whitish under a yellowish brown, membraneous epidermis. The membraneous and erose ligules are long and are glabrous or pubescent. The membraneous pericarp adheres firmly to the seed. The indusia from white to light tan in color and have a membraneous texture. The seed is vertically orientated, with a thin, membraneous seed coat. Sutures between plates made up of poorly developed oblique folded laminae with membraneous basis. Eggs&colon; The eggs are deposited in small heaps, and have a membraneous covering.