Gyromitra anthracobia

Medullary excipulum of textura intricata, with hyaline densely interwoven hyphae, some swollen; ectal excipulum poorly differentiated from medullary, with filamentous terminal hyphae with rounded apices.

Asci subcylindrical, thin-walled, uniseriate, without croziers, 8-spored, inamyloid in Melzer's reagent.

Paraphyses filiform, septate, slightly widened at the apex, containing brown granular pigment (denser apically, conferring the dark colour), projecting very slightly above the asci.

Ascospores ellipsoidal, smooth, hyaline, mature spores containing small lipid guttules, preferentially at the poles.

Herbarium material available: JTP2057/24.