Coniochaeta ligniaria

Outer hairs or setae short, not reaching 90 µm, dark brown with pointed tips.

Asci cylindrical to clavate, uniseriate and 8-spored, with an apical ring that does not react with Melzer's reagent (inamyloid).

Paraphyses filiform, septate, protruding above the level of the asci.

Ascospores ellipsoidal with very rounded ends, mature spores very dark brown, with a germ slit running the entire length of the spore.