Daldinia concentrica

Asci cylindrical, uniseriate, up to 220 µm long and 8-spored.

Paraphyses filiform, septate, slightly widened at the apex, 3 to 4 µm wide.

Ascospores ellipsoidal to slightly fusiform, with one flattened side, very dark brown under the microscope, with an indistinct germ slit running almost the full spore length.

Anamorph in nature Nodulisporium-like, producing ovoid to ellipsoidal conidia, smooth, hyaline, with a slightly pointed end.

Herbarium material available: JTP2201/24.