Operculum shortly stipitate, 10 inches long and 8 broad. Their caps are kidney-shaped to semicircular, circular in centrally stipitate specimens. The ovary is either stemless (sessile) or on a short stem (stipitate). In "Geodina" the apothecia are cup-shaped, stipitate, and occur on soil. The stipitate fruits measure up to long. Fungi that have stipes are said to be stipitate. They are erect and stipitate with a suture along the ventral side. The stipitate ovaries are generally compressed and show on the surface minute, cylindrical glands. In "Sarcoscypha" the apothecia vary from saucer-shaped to cup-shaped and are usually stipitate.