Coniochaeta pulveracea

Perithecial wall hyphae heavily pigmented, with short terminal elements resembling blunt hyaline or weakly pigmented hairs.

Asci cylindrical to clavate, uniseriate, 8-spored, without an apparently visible reaction of their apical apparatus in Melzer's reagent.

Paraphyses filiform, very slender, hyaline, septate, protruding above the level of the asci.

Ascospores ellipsoidal, initially hyaline, acquiring a dark brown colour with maturity.

Herbarium material available: JTP2207/24 and JTP2118/24.