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Fungal Diversity<br />

Fig. 5 Appendispora frondicola<br />

(from BRIP 21354, holotype).<br />

a Immersed ascomata on<br />

host surface. b Valsoid configuration<br />

of the ascomata. c Cylindrical<br />

ascus. d Squash showing<br />

asci and numerous pseudoparaphyses.<br />

e Thin strands of<br />

anastomosing pseudoparaphyses.<br />

f, g Ascospores with one or two<br />

appendages. Scale bars:<br />

a, b=0.5 mm, c–g=30 μm<br />

13 μm, 8-spored, bitunicate, fissitunicate, cylindrical, with an<br />

ocular chamber and faint ring, with short pedicels (Fig. 5c and<br />

d). Ascospores 21–30×7–9 μm, uniseriate to partially overlapping,<br />

fusoid, brown, 1-septate, slightly constricted at the<br />

septum, with an irregular ridged ornamentation and 3–5<br />

narrow appendages at each end (Fig. 5f and g).<br />

Anamorph: none reported.<br />

Material examined: BRUNEL, Jalan, Muara, Simpang<br />

835, on dead rachis of Oncosperma horridum on forest floor,<br />

Nov. 1992, K.D. Hyde 1652 (BRIP 21354, holotype).<br />

Notes<br />

Morphology<br />

Appendispora was described as a saprobe of palm, and is<br />

characterized by small, immersed ascomata, bitunicate,<br />

fissitunicate asci, trabeculate pseudoparaphyses, brown, 1-<br />

septate, appendaged ascospores with irregular wall striations<br />

(Hyde 1994a).Basedonitstrabeculatepseudoparaphyses<br />

embedded within gel matrix and its brown<br />

ascospores, Appendispora was assigned to Didymosphaeriaceae<br />

(Barr 1987b; Hyde1994a).<br />

Phylogenetic study<br />

None.<br />

Concluding remarks<br />

The saprobic habitat and association with monocots,<br />

cylindrical asci, trabeculate pseudoparaphyses as<br />

well as its brown, 1-septate ascospores make it<br />

difficult to determine a better phylogenetic position than<br />

Didymellaceae.

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