Apical parts (penicilli) of conidiophores (30°C, 15 days). j. Phialides (25°C, 19 days). k, m, n. Conidia (25°C, 19 days). d–g, i–n. On SNA. Scale bars a–c = 15 mm. d = 0.2 mm. e, h = 0.1 mm. f, i, l = 10 μm. g = 15 μm. j, k, m, n = 5 μm MycoBank MB 516688 GDC-0973 molecular weight Stromata in ligno arborum coniferarum, solitaria vel gregaria vel dense aggregata, 0.3–2.2 × 0.2–1.6 mm, pulvinata, alba vel lutea ad brunnea, ostiolis brunneis, superficie saepe flavis crystallis obtecta.

Asci cylindrici, (58–)67–82(–91) × (4.0–)4.2–5.0(–5.5) μm. Ascosporae bicellulares, verruculosae, hyalinae, ad septum disarticulatae, pars distalis subglobosa vel ellipsoidea, (3.0–)3.4–3.8(–4.0) × (2.5–)2.9–3.2(–3.3) μm, pars proxima oblonga, cuneata vel ellipsoidea, (3.3–)3.7–4.7(–6.0) × (2.0–)2.3–2.7(–3.0) μm. Anamorphosis Trichoderma luteocrystallinum. Conidiophora similia Gliocladii. Phialides lageniformes, (5–)7–10(–13) × (2.0–)2.2–2.8(–3.4) μm. Conidia CFTRinh-172 supplier viridia, subglobosa, glabra, (2.5–)2.7–3.3(–3.6) × (2.2–)2.5–2.8(–3.1) μm in agaro SNA. Etymology: referring to the yellow crystals formed on mature stromata. Stromata not seen in fresh condition. Stromata when dry (0.3–)0.5–1.4(–2.2) × (0.2–)0.4–1.0(–1.6) mm, (0.15–)0.2–0.4(–0.8) mm thick Selleck NVP-BSK805 (n = 45), solitary, gregarious or aggregated in large numbers;

effluent, large subeffuse complexes disintegrating into individual stromata; (flat) pulvinate, broadly attached; with white basal mycelium when young. Outline circular, angular or irregular. Margin rounded, edge free; sides often vertical and concolorous with the surface. Surface smooth, or tubercular by convex dots or projecting perithecia, slightly downy or powdery due to minute sulphur-yellow crystals, mostly on brown spots; crystals less common on light-coloured young, immature stromata; rarely covered by white scurf. Ostiolar dots (30–)40–90(–157) μm (n = 60) diam, conspicuous, diffuse when young, becoming distinct, well-defined,

plane or convex, circular, ochre or brown, sometimes black when old. Stromata white to pale yellowish, 1–4A2–A3, when young, turning greyish yellow, 3–4B3, pale or grey-orange, 5A3–4, 5B4, yellow-brown, or light brown, 5–6CD4–6, when mature; finally entirely brown when old and crystals disappear. Spore deposits white. Stroma surface after rehydration smooth, nearly white, the convex ochre to brown ostiolar dots with hyaline centres; turning light brown or PTK6 ochre with darker ostiolar rings after addition of 3% KOH. Stroma anatomy: Ostioles (49–)61–87(–98) μm long, plane or projecting to 12 μm, (28–)34–61(–90) μm wide at the apex (n = 30), conical, periphysate, with thick walls orange in KOH in the upper part; margin lined by hyaline cylindrical to clavate cells 2–6(–8) μm wide at the apex. Perithecia (140–)180–240(–275) × (95–)115–205(–280) μm (n = 30), flask-shaped, crowded, 5–6 per mm stroma length; peridium (11–)13–20(–23) μm (n = 30) thick at the base, (8–)10–16(–20) μm (n = 30) thick at the sides, yellowish.