| Generic short diagnoses: Fragile, simple to rarely branched, dull or brightly coloured, soil-inhabiting, clavarioids with a range of spore shapes and ornamentations; generative hyphae inflated, cystidia may be present. |

| Illustration and © Jens Christian Schou Denmark, JCS2009-61030 |  spores | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, ML2009-63704 |  inflated hypha | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, ML2009-63704 |
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