| Generic short diagnoses:
Narrowly attached to long stipitate, rather fragile, whitish or brightly coloured, inoperculate discomycetes on various substrates, mostly with fairly large, aseptate spores. |
Species example: |

Hymenoscyphus fructigenus - DK: frugt-stilkskive UK: Nut Disco - Paraphyses†, asci†, paraphyses*, spores*, exipulum |
Photo and © Hans-Otto Baral Germany, HB 987 |
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