Mollisia rosae

General: Associated with decaying dead canes of Rosa sp. or Rubus sp., apothecia sessile, discoid, 0.4-1.5 mm diam., hymenium bluish-grey with a whitish margin.

Marginal hairs: Cylindrical, septate, 50-80 x 4-6 µm, hyaline at the apex, containing pale brown intracellular pigment towards the base.

Excipulum: Ectal excipulum of textura globoso-angularis, cells moderately thick-walled with brown intracellular pigment, more prominent at the base.

Asci: Cylindric-clavate, 8-spored, 45-60 x 5-6 µm, spores biseriate, base simple (croziers absent), apical pore amyloid in Melzer's reagent.

Paraphyses: Filiform, septate, 2-2.5 µm wide, with vacuolar contents, not significantly exceeding the asci.

Ascospores: Cylindrical to very slightly fusiform, smooth, hyaline, thin-walled, 6.5-9 x 2-3.5 µm, containing minute oil droplets at both poles.