Murispora fagicola Wanasinghe, Camporesi, E.B.G. Jones & K.D. Hyde, in Wanasinghe, Jones, Camporesi, Wijayawardene, Mortimer, Xu, Bahkali & Hyde, Cryptog. Mycol. 36(4): 437 (2015)
Facesoffungi Number: FoF01104; Index Fungorum number: IF551556
etymology: Name reflects the host genus Fagus, from which the species was collected.
holotype: MFLU 15-2246
Saprobic on dead herbaceous branches in terrestrial habitats. Sexual morph: Ascomata 280-340 μmhigh 180-280 μmdiam. (x̅ =273.2 × 246.7 μm,n = 10), globose to subglobose, solitary, dark brown to black, immersed, substrate stained purple, fused to the host tissue, ostiolate. Ostiole 60-80 μmhigh 25-50 μmdiam. (x̅= 72.7 × 34.7 μm, n = 5) short to papillate, black, smooth, opening to exterior through bark surface. Peridium 10-20 μmwide at the base, 15-25 μm wide in sides, comprising 3-4 layers of dark brown cells textura angularis, with inner 1-2 layers of cells thin-walled and hyaline. Hamathecium comprising numerous, 1.5-2 μm (n = 30) wide, filamentous, branched, septate, pseudoparaphyses. Asci 140-190 × 20–30 μm (x̅ = 166.1 × 24.2 μm, n = 40), 8-spored, bitunicate, fissitunicate, cylindric-clavate, short pedicellate, thick-walled at the apex, with a minute ocular chamber. Ascospores 28-35 × 13-17 μm (x̅ = 32.4 × 14.8 μm, n = 50), overlapping 1-2-seriate, hyaline when young, becoming pale reddish brown at maturity, oval to ellipsoidal, muriform, with 1-2 longitudinal septa in all cells except end cells, constricted at the septa, conical and narrowly rounded at the ends, guttulate, with rugged surface, surrounded by a mucilaginous sheath. Asexual morph: Undetermined.
Fig. Murispora fagicola (holotype). a. Papilla on host substrate b. Section of ascoma c. Pseudoparaphyses d. Close up of ostiole e. Peridium f-h. Asci i-l. Ascospores. Scale bars : b = 50 μm, c,e = 10 μm, d, f-h = 20 μm, i-l = 10 μm.