| Generic short diagnoses: Immersed discomycetes in twigs or leaves of deciduous trees or shrubs, opening by teeth to expose greyish to buffish or yellowish discs; with clavate, filiform or sigmoid spores. |

| Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen
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| Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-98.108 |  Ascus*, paraphyses*, spores* | Illustration and © Hans-Otto Baral Germany, HB 3242 |
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