Figure. Ceratosphaeria pusilla (ILLS44364). A–B. Ascomata. C–D. Asci. E–G. Ascospores. Scale bars: A–B = 200 µm; C–G = 10 µm.
Ceratosphaeria pusilla (Fuckel) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 2: 227 (1883).
MycoBank: MB241302.
≡ Ceratostoma pusillum Fuckel, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 23–24: 128 (1870).
Ascomata perithecial, superficial, solitary, ovoid to obpyriform, dark brown to black, 200–350 µm diam, with a black, conical to cylindrical neck, 330–450 × 60–90 µm. Paraphyses septate, hyaline. Asci 8-spored, unitunicate, cylindrical, 190–220 × 10–13 µm, with a refractive ring. Ascospores uniseriate in ascus, fusiform, 4–5-septate, slightly constricted at septum, hyaline, smooth, 25–30 × 6–9 µm. Asexual state unknown.
Typification: Unknown.
Specimens examined: USA, Illinois, Johnson, Elvira Cypress Swamp (Deer Pond), on rotten wood, 29 Nov. 1973, J.L. Crane and C.A. Shearer, 44364 (ILLS159659).
Gene sequences: Unknown.
Hosts/substrates: On rotten wood.
Distribution: Germany, Pakistan, USA (Illinois).
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