this is the only genus in the group. the difinition of which can be exrended as follows. substrate my celium is branced, septate, and 04-0.8 in diameter. aerial mycelium is 5.0-1.0 in diameter, variable in mount. and sometimes transient, lysing to leave a layer of spores. the single spores are sessile or on unbranched or branched sporophores. spores are globose, often ridged, and 0.5-1.5 in diameter, with the exception of one species,T.peptonophilus, all are hermophilic (temperature optimum, 50-60) and last growing, giving flat or ridged colonies on nutrient