They grow from long, creeping rhizomes that are flattened from top to bottom and bear brown scales.

The rhizome produces two kinds of roots: those from the sides grip the surface on which the plant grows; those from underneath enter the substrate.

The authors of the study preferred to set up three extra monophyletic genera, rather than use a broader circumscription of Lecanopteris.

[1] Other sources did not; Plants of the World Online regarded Dendroconche as a synonym of Microsorum.

[2] As of February 2020[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:[1] Dendroconche species are native to eastern Australia, parts of Indonesia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and New Zealand.