| Generic short diagnoses: Sessile to short stipitate, mostly fasciculate, tough, dark brown to black, inoperculate discomycetes on hardwood branches, less often on grasses, leaves or fruits, with narrow, 1- 9-septate spores. |
Godronia fuliginosa Fruit-body, asci and spores*, ascus tops† (lugol), spores*
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| Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Austria, JHP-08.034 |  Fruit-body, asci and spores*, ascus tops† (lugol), spores* | Illustration and © Hans-Otto Baral Germany, HB 6640 |
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