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Microstroma album
Nomenclature
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Family: MicrostromataceaeGenus: Microstroma
Species:
Microstroma album
SUMMARY
Colonies hypophyllous on poorly defined leaf spots or broadly developing on apparently unaffected leaf tissue, visible as scattered clusters of white fruit-bodies 400-600 µm diam., with columns of thick-walled basidia 15-20 µm long and 3-4 µm diam., ± cylindrical but with swollen, clavate apices. Basidiospores 6-7.5 x 2.5-3 µm, ellipsoidal to cylindric-ellipsoidal or ovoid, hyaline, aseptate, smooth, thin-walled.