Oxydothis garethjonesii

Oxydothis garethjonesii

Konta & K.D. Hyde (2016)

Classification:Ascomycota-Pezizomycotina-Sordariomycetes-Xylariomycetidae-Xylariales-Oxydothidaceae-Oxydothis

Host species: Elaeis sp. (Konta et al. 2016)

Holotype: MFLU: 15-0033 (Konta et al. 2016)

Known distribution: Krabi, Thailand

IF Number: IF552541     Mycobank Number: 552541     FOF Number: FoF02702

Description

Saprobic on petiole of Eleais Jacq. (Arecaceae). Sexual morph: Ascomata 221–348 μm diam. (x̅ = 293 μm diam., n = 40, up to 400 μm), solitary or aggregated, mostly solitary when young, becoming grouped at maturity, immersed, comprising slightly raised blistering areas through the host tissue, axis oblique or perpendicular to the host surface, with central papilla, 118–133 μm high × 122–141 μm diam. (x̅ = 123 × 131 μm, n = 5), in transverse section, globose to subglobose, darker at the central region, light towards the outer darker rim on the host surface. Peridium 15–34 μm (x̅ = 25 μm, n = 10) thick-walled, outer cells merging with the host epidermal cells, dark brown to black, walled cells of textura angularis. Asci 210–229 × 14–21 μm (x̅ = 216 × 19 μm, n = 10), 8-spored, fasciculate, unitunicate, cylindrical-clavate, pedicellate, with a J+, wedge-shaped, subapical ring. Ascospores 47–50 × 3–5 μm (x̅ = 49 × 4 μm, n = 20), 2–4-seriate, filiform to fusiform, tapering gradually from the center to the ends, centrally 1-septate, not constricted at the septum, with blunt to pointed ends, hyaline, with large guttules in each cell when immature, and lack in maturity, smooth-walled. Appressoria 15–36 μm high × 18–20 μm diam. (x̅ = 23 × 19 μm, n = 10) solitary, hyaline, irregular in shape, thick-walled. Asexual morph: Undetermined.

Culture conditions: Ascospores germinating on MEA within 24 hours and germ tube producing appressoria. Colonies on MEA, smoky-grey to dark green, margins smooth, dense at the center, with fairly fluffy, as double rings, hyphae, septate, branched, smooth-walled.