Ceratocarpia Rolland, Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 12(1): 2 (1896)
MycoBank number: MB 884; Index Fungorum number: IF 884; Facesoffungi number: FoF 10334; 2 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2021), molecular data unavailable.
Saprobic on branches or twigs in terrestrial habitats. Sexual morph: Ascomata dense, gregarious, sub-immersed to erumpent, globose to subglobose. Ostiole inconspicuous. Wall of ascoma comprising two cell types, externally comprising pigmented, dark brown, thick-walled cells and inner layer thinner, composed of lightly pigmented to hyaline, thin-walled cells. Hamathecium lacking paraphyses or evanescent. Asci 8-spored, bitunicate, fissitunicate, clavate to broadly clavate, pedicellate. Ascospores irregularly arranged, ellipsoid to fusiform, dictyosporous, constricted at the central septum, light brown to brown, with a long germ tube-like protuberance at each end, smooth and thick-walled, lacking a gelatinous sheath or appendages. Asexual morph: Undetermined.
Type species: Ceratocarpia cactorum Rolland
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