 Standing erect, the ear-shaped apothecia are several- to many-clustered on a common stalk that arises from a sclerotium, a hardened mass of mycelium buried in the earth.The paraphyses (sterile cells interspersed amongst the asci) are cylindrical, simple or branched.The spore-producing structures, the asci, are cylindrical, and taper to an elongated base that penetrate to underneath the hymenium.