Paraaniptodera
longispora
(K.D. Hyde) K.L. Pang, C.L. Lu, W.T. Ju et E.B.G. Jones, Bot. Mar. (In press, 2017).
Sordariomycetes, Subclass Hypocreomycetidae
Microascales
Halosphaeriaceae
Sexual morph: Ascomata 270-390 µm long, 180-260 µm wide and 150-205 µm thick, pyriform to subglobose in frontal view, ellipsoidal in end view, lying horizontally immersed in the substrate, membranous, light brown to black above, hyaline below, ostiolate, papillate, solitary or gregarious. Peridium 15-28 µm thick, outer layer of melanised thick-walled angular cells, inner layer of hyaline thin-walled elongate cells. Neck periphysate. Catenophyses present. Asci 145-201 × 24-31 µm, 8-spored, clavate, short pedicel, unitunicate, persistent, thin-walled, apically thickened with a pore. Ascospores 39-51 × 9-13.5 µm. cylindrical with rounded apices, 2-3 seriate, 1-septate, slightly constricted at the septum, each cell with a prominent guttule, hyaline, lacking appendages or a sheath. Asexual morph not observed.
Key references:
Alias SA, Jones EBG, (2009) Fungi from mangroves of Malaysia. Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. pp. 109.
Alias SA, Moss ST, Jones EBG (2001) Cucullosporella mangrovei, ultrastructure of ascospores and their appendages. Mycoscience 42: 405-411.
Hyde KD (1990) A new marine Ascomycete from Brunei. Aniptodera longispora sp. nov. from intertidal mangrove wood. Botanica Marina 33: 335-338.
Jones EBG, Ju WT, Lu CL, Guo SY, Pang KL (2017) The Halosphaeriaceae revisited. Botanica Marina (In press).