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 Hypoxylon aucklandiae
BiostatusPresent in region - Indigenous. Endemic
Description: Stromata: Stromata pulvinate; 4-20 mm long; 4-20 mm broad; 1.2-1.5 mm thick; perithecia not visible; ostioles lower than or more or less equal to stromatal surface; stromatal surface dark brown (brown vinaceous); granules immediately below stromatal surface red brown; KOH-extractable pigments yellowish-green; tissue below perithecia inconspicuous.
Perithecia: Perithecia more or less globose; 0.2-0.4 mm diam.
Asci: Asci 120-155 µm long; 6.5-8 µm wide; stipe short with spores filling about two-thirds of ascus; amyloid ring broader than high.
Ascospores: Ascospores 10-13 µm long; 5-6 µm wide; brown; 0-septate; in side view inequilateral, flattened on one side, not curved, or inequilateral, flattened on one side, curved (slightly); in face view fusoid, or elliptic; ends narrowly rounded. Germ slit straight, spore-length; on concave, curved side of spore. Perispore indehiscent in 10% KOH.
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