Erioscyphella lunata

Marginal hairs cylindrical, non-swollen, hyaline, thoroughly covered with fine encrustations, turning noticeably brownish in Lugol's solution.

Medullary excipulum of textura intricata with hyaline interwoven filamentous hyphae; ectal excipulum of textura globosa-angularis.

Asci cylindric-clavate, with simple base (without croziers), 8-spored, with an amyloid reaction in the minute apical apparatus.

Paraphyses filiform, cylindrical, septate, projecting very slightly above the asci.

Ascospores crescent-moon-shaped (lunate), strongly curved with pointed ends, hyaline, smooth-walled, guttulate.

Herbarium material available: JTP2007/23.