| stromatal tissue quantity: lacking entirely |
| subiculum: absent |
| substrates: associated with substrates other than dung or insect nests |
| ascomatal ostioles: present |
| ascomatal configurations: not valsoid |
| ascomatal surface: hairy |
| ascomatal orientation: mostly oriented vertically |
| ascal apical rings: present |
| ascospore cell number: one-celled |
| ascospore shapes: other than cuboid |
| ascospore color: colored |
| ascospore ornamentation: smooth |
| ascospore germination site morphology: slit-like |
| perispore dehiscence: indehiscent |
| anamorphs: Geniculosporium-like |