Gaeumannomyces ellisiorum

Gaeumannomyces ellisiorum Hern.-Restr. & Crous, Stud. Mycol. 83: 33 (2016).
MycoBank: MB816893.

Ascomata perithecial, immersed, solitary to gregarious, globose to subglobose, dark brown to black, 300–400 µm diam, with a cylindrical, dark brown to black neck, 150–180 µm long, up to 80 µm diam. Paraphyses septate, hyaline, dissolving at maturity. Asci 8-spored, unitunicate, clavate, 140–180 × 10–14 µm, with a refractive ring. Ascospores parallel in ascus, filiform to fusiform, not or slightly curved, 7–8-septate, not constricted at septum, hyaline to yellowish, smooth, (80–)120–150 (–155) × 2–3 µm. Asexual state unknown. Hyphopodia lobed, brown, 18–27 × 15–20 μm. (Description from Walker, 1980).

Typification: Holotype C, P. Larsen, 5 Jul. 1937. Isotype DAR32062.

Gene sequences: Unknown.

Hosts/substrates: On leaves of Carex paniculate (Cyperaceae).

Distribution: Austria, Denmark, UK.

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