Pestalotiopsis sp

Detailed description

Acervuli produced near the base of the leaf-like bracts that subtend each cluster of floral spiklets. Acervuli are linear, up to 0.5 mm long and black. This specific fungus has not been described. The conidia of Pestalotiopsis species are usually fusiform, straight or slightly curved, 4-septate, the end cells hyaline, with the middle usually cells brown. The apical cell bears two or more simple or branched long appendages; the basal cell has a single, simple or rarely branched short appendage. Pestalotiopsis, Seimatosporium, and Truncatella are morphologically similar genera, that all appear to occupy a similar niche on Desmoschoenus spiralis.