Hercospora tiliae

On a small decaying stem of Tilia platyphyllos on the ground.

This study corresponds to the anamorph or asexual morph, known under the name Rabenhorstia tiliae.

Stromata up to 1.3 mm, erumpent, with dark brown peridial hyphae, thick-walled and of textura angularis.

Conidiophores branched from the base, smooth, hyaline, up to 90 µm long and 3-4 µm wide, embedded in a mucilaginous mass.

Terminal conidiogenous cells straight to slightly curved, hyaline.

Conidia ellipsoidal to cylindric-ellipsoidal, smooth, hyaline, thick-walled, lacking a gelatinous sheath, with abundant vacuolar internal content.

Herbarium material available: 2473/25.