Ascostromata 300-2000 x (150-) 250-300 µm, 200-300 µm tall, elongate, narrowly elliptical to fusiform in outline, straight or irregularly curved, ovate to ± doliiform in vertical section, constricted at the base, scattered or gregarious, superficial or nearly so, dull black, with a conspicuous longitudinal cleft and often with inconspicuous parallel striations, the cleft gradually widening to expose the hymenium