Table 3 in Two new species of Ophiostomatales (Sordariomycetes) associated with the bark beetle Dryocoetes alni from Poland

Table 3. Morphological comparisons of closely related species to Ceratocystiopsis synnemata sp. nov.
SpeciesCeratocystiopsis pallidobrunnea (Olchowecki and Reid 1974)Ceratocystiopsis pallidobrunnea (Upadhyay 1981)Ceratocystiopsis synnemata sp. nov.Sexual statePresentPresentunknownAscomata base40-6040-75Ascomatal neck length (μm)15-6021.2-66Ascospore shapeallantoid or falcate with truncate ends in side view, cylindrical or fusiform with truncate ends in face viewfalcate with truncate or obtuse ends in side view, fusiform or ellipsoid-fusiform in face viewAscospore size (in face view, μm)(-3.5)4.5-7.5 × 0.7-1 excluding sheath14-17.5(-22.5) × 1-1.5(-1.8) including sheathConidial shapeallantoid or oblong with obtuse endscylindrical, allantoidoblong-ellipticalConidial size (μm)2.5-5 × 0.7-1.22-7 × 0.7-2.52.4-4 × 1-1.4Branched conidiophorespresent, to 50 μm longpresentpresent, 76.9 μm longConidiophores aggregate into synnemataabsentabsentpresentOptimal growth temp on MEA--Growth rate at optimum--HostPopulus tremuloidesPopulus tremuloidesAlnus incana, Populus tremulaArthropodsunknownunknownDryocoetes alni,DistributionManitoba, CanadaManitoba, CanadaPoland