Daldinia brachysperma San Martín, Y.-M. Ju, & J. D. Rogers

TELEOMORPH | CULTURES AND ANAMORPH | SPECIMENS EXAMINED | NOTES

TELEOMORPH

Daldinia brachysperma San Martín, Y.-M. Ju, & J. D. Rogers, Mycotaxon 61: 255. 1997.

Stromata peltate, with narrow central connective, smooth to slightly wrinkled, 0.7-0.8 cm diam x 0.5 cm high; surface brown vinaceous (84); dull reddish brown granules immediately beneath surface, without apparent KOH-extractable pigments; the tissue between perithecia white to grayish brown, pithy to woody; the tissue below the perithecial layer composed of alternating zones, the darker zones dark brown, pithy to woody, 0.1 mm thick, the lighter zones white to grayish brown, pithy to woody, persistent, 0.5 mm thick.

Perithecia obovoid, 0.3 mm diam x 0.8 mm high.

Ostioles at the same level as stromatal surface.

Asci fragmentary, with apical ring bluing in Melzer's iodine reagent, discoid, 0.2 mm high x 1.5 mm broad.

Ascospores brown to dark brown, unicellular, ellipsoid-inequilateral, with narrowly rounded ends, 6.5-7.5 x 3-4 mm, with straight germ slit spore-length on convex side; perispore dehiscent in 10% KOH, smooth; epispore smooth.