| Generic short diagnoses: Rather small, sessile, firm gelatinous, mostly blackish, inoperculate discomycetes on wood or woody substrates, with 0 - 7-septate spores. |

| Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-99.023 |  section | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-99.023 |  Fruit-bodies, ascus top, paraphyses, spores | Illustration and © Hans-Otto Baral Sweden, HB 7336 (type) |
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