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 Hypoxylon dingleyae
BiostatusPresent in region - Indigenous. Non endemic
Description: Stromata: Stromata pulvinate, or effused; 50-140 mm long; 10-30 mm broad; 2-2.5 mm thick; perithecia inconspicuous; ostioles lower than or more or less equal to stromatal surface; stromatal surface greenish (olivaceous to isabelline); granules immediately below stromatal surface rust to orange; KOH-extractable pigments rust, deep yellow-brown to orange; tissue below perithecia inconspicuous.
Perithecia: Perithecia tubular; 0.4-0.6 mm diam.
Asci: Asci 190-260 µm long; 10-12 µm wide; stipe long with spores more or less confined to upper third of ascus; amyloid ring broader than high.
Ascospores: Ascospores 11.5-16 µm long; 6-7.5 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, much less than spore-length; on concave, curved side of spore. Perispore dehiscent in 10% KOH; smooth or with indistinct transverse thickenings.
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