Entonaema cinnabarinum

Outer peridium formed by deformed granular hyphae heavily pigmented reddish-brown.

Asci cylindrical, uniseriate, up to 170 µm long, 8-spored, with an amyloid reaction in the small apical ring in Melzer's reagent.

Paraphyses sparse, filamentous, slender, smooth-walled, hyaline, projecting slightly above the asci.

Spores ellipsoidal, smooth-walled, brown with greenish tints in water under the microscope, mostly with a pair of large polar lipid guttules.

Herbarium material available: JTP2184/24.