TABLE 2 in A novel species of Loculosulcatispora (Sulcatisporaceae, Pleosporales) on Juglans regia from Sichuan, China

TABLE 2. Comparison of morphological characters between Loculosulcatispora juglans with similar species. SpeciesLoculosulcatispora hongheensisLoculosulcatispora juglansParasulcatispora clematidisHostsForest litter in terrestrial habitatsDecaying twigs of Juglans regiaDead stems of Clematis fulvicomaAscomata130–490 µm × 120–560 µm, scattered, immersed, globose to subglobose, brown to dark-brown160–230 µm × 230–320 µm, 370–470 µm × 410–520 µm, scattered, gregarious, semi-immersed, immersed, dome-shaped to ellipsoid subglobose to compressed, dark or irregular, black brown to blackAsci60–100 µm × 10–18 µm, 8-spored, clavate, with a short pedicel78–112 µm × 9–21 μm, 4-spored, clavate, pedicellate,53–88 µm × 8–17 μm, 8-spored, cylindrical to clavate, shortpedicellate,20–30 µm × 4–6.5 µm, overlapping uni- to bi-seriate, fusiform with acute26–36 µm × 9–12 μm, overlapping uni- to bi-seriate, broad fusiform with16–21 µm × 4–6 μm, biseriate or partially overlapping, broad fusiformAscosporesends, longer upper cell than lower cell, slightly curved, surrounded by a thick irregular mucilaginous sheathoval ends, slightly big upper cell than lower cell, surrounded by inapparent, thin, sheath at endswith acute ends, upper cell broader than lower cell, with 4–7 µm wide mucilaginous appendagesReferencesWanasinghe et al. (2022)This studyPhukhamsakda et al. (2020)