| Generic short diagnoses: Immersed discomycetes in pine cones or nettle stems, opening by lobes of host tisssue to expose white to grey discs; with cylindrical to filiform, 5- 8-septate spores. |

| Illustration and © Hans-Otto Baral France, HB 7362 |  frb., section, spore*, periphysoids*, asci and paraphyses*, ascus tops†(lugol) | Illustration and © Hans-Otto Baral France, HB 7362 |
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