| 1. Fruiting body, outer covering--ascomatal vestiture |
| 2Not setose | 6Setose | 2Subiculum |
| 2. Fruiting body, color of dried fruiting body |
| 7Black | 1Dark brown | 2Orangish brown |
| 3. Fruiting body, shape |
| 8Globose to subglobose | 2Turbinate, collapsing when mature |
| 4. Fruiting body, width |
| 4Large, 200-350 um 5Medium, 150-200 um 1Small, 100-150 um |
| 5. Setae, color |
| 2Brown | 4Dark brown |
| 6. Ascus, shape |
| 2Clavate | 4Cylindrical | 4Cylindrical-clavate |
| 7. Ascospore, number in each ascus |
| 14- or 8-spored | 98-spored |
| 8. Ascospore, shape |
| 1Allantoid | 1Cylindrical | 2Cylindrical-fusiform | 4Fusiform | 1Fusiform to clavate | 1Long fusiform to filiform |
| 9. Ascospore, ends |
| 2Asymmetrical ends | 1Symmetrical and asymmetrical ends | 7Symmetrical ends |
| 10. Ascospore, number of septa |
| 16 57 48 39 311 312 413 514 415 316 217 2over 17 |
| 11. Ascospore, septal constriction |
| 2Constricted at each septum | 8Not constricted at any septum |
| 12. Ascospore, length |
| 3Long, 65-150 um 3Medium, 50-85 um 5Short, 30-60 um |