Daldinia eschscholtzii

Asci 8-spored, uniseriate, up to 190 µm long, with an amyloid discoid apical apparatus in Melzer's reagent (2 µm wide by 0.5 µm high).

Interascal tissue (paraphyses) very scarce and difficult to observe, filiform, septate, hyaline and up to 3.5 µm wide.

Ascospores ellipsoidal, inequilateral, with one flattened side, dark brown under the microscope, with a straight germ slit running almost the entire spore length.

Herbarium material available: JTP2392/25.