| stromatal tissue quantity: distributed above, around, and beneath perithecia |
| stromatal layers: unipartite |
| stromatal surface level: immersed or 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 multiperitheciate |
| ascomatal ostioles: present |
| ascomatal configurations: valsoid |
| ascomatal orientation: mostly oriented vertically |
| ascal apical rings: present |
| ascus height vs width: usually lower than wide |
| 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: Libertella-like |
| cultural gross morphology on oatmeal agar: not highly furrowed or distorted |
