stromatal tissue quantity: distributed above, around, and beneath perithecia |
stromatal layers: unipartite |
stromatal surface level: erumpent or superficial |
stromatal interior: essentially homogeneous |
stromatal orange granules surrounding perithecia: absent |
stromatal KOH pigments: absent |
stromatal conidium-bearing discs: absent |
stromatal bases: sessile and attached to substrate entirely |
stromatal aggregation: not forming a crust |
stromatal shapes: other than wiry |
coremial pegs or remnants: absent |
subiculum: absent |
substrates: associated with substrates other than dung or insect nests |
ascomatal number per stroma: mostly uniperitheciate |
ascomatal ostioles: present |
ascomatal configurations: not valsoid |
ascomatal orientation: mostly oriented vertically |
ascal apical rings: present |
ascus height vs width: usually lower than wide |
ascospore cell number: two-celled |
ascospore shapes: other than cuboid |
ascospore color: colored |
ascospore ornamentation: smooth |
ascospore germination site morphology: absent |
perispore dehiscence: indehiscent |
anamorphs: Nodulisporium-like |