Coniochaeta ligniaria  

Anamorph: Phialophora sp. fide Rogers (1965). Teleomorph: Ascomata 200-340µm diam, scattered or aggregated, superficial or with the base slightly immersed; ± globose, the neck hardly developed, the ostiole periphysate, covered in very irregular black thick-walled setae, usually less than 20µm long. Peridium composed of an outer layer of mid-brown thin-walled textura angularis and inner hyaline layers. Interascal tissue of paraphyses, sparse, thin-walled, to 5µm diam, gradually tapering, ? deliquescent at maturity. Asci 154-180 x 10-11µm, cylindrical, fairly long-stalked, the apex rounded to truncate, with a conspicuous apical ring 2-3µm diam and ca 1µm thick, 8-spored. Ascospores arranged uniseriately, (12-)13.5-16.5 x (6.5-)7-9µm x 6-8µm, ellipsoidal, usually hardly flattened laterally, mid brown, fairly thick-walled, with a prominent germ slit extending ± the whole length of one face of the spore, mucous sheath not seen.