Actinocymbe Höhn., Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl., Abt. 1 120: 416 (1911)
MycoBank number: MB60; Index Fungorum number: IF60; Facesoffungi number: FoF 10326; 3 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2021), molecular data unavailable.
Type species: Actinocymbe separato-setosa (Henn.) Höhn.
Epiphytic on the surface of leaves. Sexual morph: Mycelium branched, septate, greyish brown, appressed to the cuticle. Ascomata perithecial, solitary, scattered, superficial to erumpent, subglobose to circular, brown to dark brown, ostiolate. Ostiole open, periphysate. Setae scattered to clustered, dark brown to black, erect, rounded at the base and wider than the apex. Wall of ascoma multi-layered, externally comprising pigmented, dark brown, thick-walled cells of textura angularis, with inner layer thinner, composed of irregularly-shaped, lightly pigmented to hyaline, thin-walled cells. Hamathecium paraphysate. Asci 8-spored, bitunicate, fissitunicate, clavate, long pedicellate, straight to slightly curved. Ascospores overlapping multi-seriate, oblong-ellipsoid, tapering at the ends, hyaline, usually 9-septate, without constriction at the septa, smooth and thick-walled, lacking a gelatinous sheath or appendages. Asexual morph: Undetermined.
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