| Generic short diagnoses:
Sessile to stipitate, sometimes parasitic, inoperculate discomycetes on conifers with orange to yellow hymenium, cylindrical paraphyses and long white or brownish hairs, which are flexuous, rough, and rather thick-walled. |
Species example: |

Lachnellula fuscosanguinea - fruit-body, asci and paraphyses*, spores* |
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