| Generic short diagnoses: Embedded or erumpent, grey to brown, inoperculate discomycetes on monocots or clubmosses, with 1-3-septate spores and a dark brown textura globulosa. |
Niptera eriophori fruit-bodies, ascus, paraphyses, ascus tops†(lugol), spores*
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| Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-09.506; TL-13892 | 
| Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-09.506; TL-13892 |
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