Samsoniella winandae

Stromata multiple, unbranched, 8–20 mm long and 0.5–2 mm broad, cream, cylindrical to enlarging apically, arising from the pupa in a cocoon (Lepidoptera). Fertile part orange yellow (23 C; Royal Horticultural Society 2015), 2–8 mm long, 2–3 mm broad. Perithecia superficial, narrowly ovoid, 500–570(–580) × (120–)135–180 μm. Asci cylindrical, 8-spored, up to 300 × 4–5 μm, with caps 2–3 μm thick. Ascospores hyaline, whole, bola-shaped, 3- or 5-septate, (180–)200–265(–300) × 0.5–1 μm, central part filiform, terminal part very narrowly fusiform, (20–)25–45(–50) × 1–1.5 μm. Asexual morph isaria-like. Synnemata multiple, unbranched, up to 12 mm long, 2 mm broad, moderate orange (170 C), cylindrical to clavate, arising from the pupa of Limacodidae (Lepidoptera) in a cocoon, white mass of conidia produced towards the apex of synnemata.