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Sporocarps short-stalked, usually clustered, occasionally resembling a pseudoaethalium but with the sporocarps retaining their individual identity. Sporothecae globose, 0.5-1 mm diam., clay-coloured. Stalk rarely more than 1 mm tall, dark brown to black, furrowed. Hypothallus well developed, brown. Upper peridium soon disappearing except for a thin, weak, dark net, without nodes. Peridial cup thicker below, thinner above, marked with ribs and reticulations, often iridescent with bronze or silvery reflections. Calcic granules small, up to 1.5 µm diam. Spore-mass clay-coloured. Spores very pale by TL, nearly smooth, 6-8 µm diam. Plasmodium lead-coloured.
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