Generic short diagnoses:
Erumpent, inoperculate discomycetes on needles, opening by lifting a lid of the epidermis along one side, exposing the whitish to yellow, flesh-coloured or greenish grey disc; with cylindrical to clavate, 0-3-septate spores.
Species examples:
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