Daldinia childiae

Yielding extractable pigments in amber tones in 10% KOH.

Asci cylindrical, uniseriate, 8-spored, provided with a thin apical discoid ring staining blue in Melzer's reagent (amyloid).

Between the asci, a mass of slender filamentous hyphae functioning as paraphyses, septate and up to 4 µm wide.

Ascospores ellipsoidal to subfusiform, with one flattened side, smooth, dark brown under the microscope, with a straight germ slit running almost the entire spore length, with perispore dehiscent.

Herbarium material available: JTP2185/24.