| Generic short diagnoses: Long stipitate inoperculate discomycetes on needles and cones with a flat to convex hymenium, a dark stem base, small spores and short, irregular, non-septate hairs. |

| Illustration and © Piotr Perz Poland, 20071205 | 
| Illustration and © Piotr Perz Poland, 20071205 |  From left: fruitbodies, spores, ascus tops† (lugol), ascus*. | Illustration and © Hans-Otto Baral Switzerland, HB 2982 |  anamorphic spore production (phialids) from the stem | Illustration and © Piotr Perz Poland |  anamorphic spore production (phialids) from the stem | Illustration and © Piotr Perz Poland |
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