Cheilymenia laevispora

Outer hairs scarce, generally curved, thick-walled, weakly pigmented to hyaline, with obtuse tips.

Medullary excipulum with hyphae of textura intricata, and ectal excipulum of textura globosa-angularis.

Asci cylindrical, 8-spored and operculate.

Paraphyses filiform, slightly widened at the apex, with very abundant orange intracellular pigment; this pigment acquires a dark purplish-brown colour in Melzer's reagent.

Ascospores ellipsoidal, smooth, thin-walled, without oil content inside.

Herbarium material available: JTP2119/24.