| Generic short diagnoses: Erumpent, yellowish to brown, inoperculate discomycetes on monocots, developed below a shield, with fusiform, 0- 3-septate spores and a brown textura globulosa, at margin to a hyaline textura oblita. |

| Illustration and © Hans-Otto Baral Germany, HB 7834 | 
| Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-09.116 | 
| Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-09.116 |  fruit-bodies, section. paraphyses†, ascus tops† (lugol), spores† | Illustration and © Hans-Otto Baral Finland, HB 5014 |
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