Hypoxylon umbilicatum Speg.

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TELEOMORPH

Hypoxylon umbilicatum Speg., Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. 11: 507. 1889.

º Hypoxylon umbrinovelatum Berk. & M. A. Curtis var. umbilicatum (Speg.) Rick, Brotéria, sér. Bot., 25: 27. 1931.

Stromata pulvinate, with conspicuous perithecial mounds, ca. 5 mm diam x 1 mm thick; surface dark brick (60); dark brown granules immediately beneath surface and between perithecia, with KOH-extractable pigments not tested; the tissue below the perithecial layer inconspicuous.

Perithecia obovoid, 0.5-0.7 mm diam x 0.7-0.8 mm high.

Ostioles lower than the stromatal surface.

Asci not observed.

Ascospores blackish brown, unicellular, ellipsoid, nearly equilateral, with broadly rounded ends, 40-51 x 20-27 mm, with straight germ slit less than to slightly less than spore-length; perispore indehiscent in 10% KOH; epispore smooth.