Halosarpheia fibrosa Kohlm. & Kohlm.

Trans. Br. Mycol. Soc. 68: 208, 1977.

Ascomata: 342-436 µm high x 320-428 µm in diam., immersed or semi-immersed, subglobose to obpyriform, brown to black, ostiolate, papillate, periphysate, coriaceous.

Asci: 152-214 x 32-46 µm, 8-spored, clavate, pedunculate, thin-walled in the peduncle, thick-walled towards the apex, unitunicate, persistent, without an apical apparatus.

Ascospores: 30-44 x 18-23.5 µm (excluding appendages), hyaline, broad ellipsoidal, 1-septate, not constricted at the septum , with apical appendages, one cap-like, stiff homogenous appendage is attached at each end of the ascospore, upon maturity unfurling into long thread-like structures.















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