Figure. Ceratosphaeria mycophila (BPI624440). A. Ascomata. B–D. Asci. E–H. Ascospores. Scale bars: A = 200 µm; B–H = 10 µm.
Ceratosphaeria mycophila G. Winter, Rabenh. Krypt.-Fl., Edn 2 (Leipzig) 1.2: 258 (1885).
MycoBank: MB241375.
Ascomata perithecial, superficial, gregarious, globose, ovoid to obpyriform, dark brown to black, 350–850 µm diam, with a black, cylindrical neck. Paraphyses septate, hyaline. Asci 8-spored, unitunicate, cylindrical, 120–180 × 8–10 µm, with a refractive ring. Ascospores 2–4-seriate in ascus, filiform to fusiform, 5–7-septate, not constricted at septum, hyaline, smooth, 35–45 × 3–4.5 µm. Asexual state unknown.
Typification: Unknown.
Gene sequences: Unknown.
Specimens examined: USA, Wisconsin, Devil’s Lake, Devil’s Lake State Park, Sauk Co., on rotten wood, 4 Sep. 1953, W.W. Diehl, BPI624440.
Hosts/substrates: On rotten wood.
Distribution: UK, USA (Wisconsin).
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