| Generic short diagnoses: Mostly partially underground operculate discomycetes(rarely truffles) with brown, sinuose to branched hairs and smooth, ellipsoid spores; on bare soil. |

| Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-06.149 |  closeup of scaly outer surface | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-06.149 | 
| Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-06.240 |  asci and spores | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-06.149 |
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