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<mods:title>Three new Xylaria species (Xylariaceae, Xylariales) on fallen leaves from Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Pan, Xiao-Yan</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation>College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China &amp; Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Song, Zi-Kun</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation>Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China &amp; College of Plant Protection, Jilin Agricultural University, Jilin 130000, China</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Qu, Zhi</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Liu, Tie-Dong</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Ma, Hai-Xia</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="8273E502-A2D0-5CBF-BBDA-8B1CA1211B59" authority="Hai X. Ma &amp; X. Y. Pan" authorityName="Hai X. Ma &amp; X. Y. Pan" authorityYear="2022" class="Ascomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Fungi" lsidName="Xylaria lindericola" order="Xylariales" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" phylum="Basidiomycota" rank="species" species="lindericola" status="sp. nov.">Xylaria lindericola Hai X. Ma &amp; X.Y. Pan</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Xylaria lindericola (FCATAS 852, holotype) a, b stromata on leaves c fertile part of stroma d stromatal surface e section through stroma, showing perithecia f ascal apical ring and ascospores with beaked ends in Melzer's reagent g ascus and ascal apical ring in Melzer's reagent h ascus in water i, j ascospores in water k, l ascospore in Melzer's reagent m ascospore in India ink n ascospore in 1 % SDS showing germ slit. Scale bars: 1.5 cm (a, b); 0.2 mm (c-e); 10 µm (f-n)." figureDoi="10.3897/mycokeys.86.71623.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/633260" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Figure 3</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Differs from 
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by its subglobose stromata without a long sterile apex, larger ascospores and host plant. Differs from 
<taxonomicName lsidName="X. hypsipoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" rank="species" species="hypsipoda">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">X. hypsipoda</emphasis>
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by its black stromata, glabrous stipes and smaller apical apparatus.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Typification.</paragraph>
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China. Hainan Province, Lingshui County, Diaoluoshan Natural Reserve, on fallen leaves of 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lauraceae" genus="Lindera" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Lindera robusta" order="Laurales" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="robusta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Lindera robusta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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), 31 December 2020, Haixia Ma (holotype, FCATAS 852).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Etymology.</paragraph>
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&quot; 
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Xylaria lindericola</emphasis>
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&quot; refers to the growth on leaves of 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lauraceae" genus="Lindera" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Lindera robusta" order="Laurales" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="robusta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Lindera robusta</emphasis>
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Teleomorph.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Stromata</emphasis>
upright or prostrate, solitary to cespitose, unbranched or branched once or more at stipe, 3-26 cm total length; fertile part subglobose on long filiform stipes, 0.1-0.4 cm diam., the stipe 3-25 cm long 
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0.1-1 mm diam., glabrous, finely longitudinally striate, the base slightly swollen; surface roughened by wrinkles and barely exposes perithecial contours. External black, interior white. Texture soft. 
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subglobose, 300-550 
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diam. 
<taxonomicName genus="Ostioles" lsidName="Ostioles" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Ostioles</emphasis>
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black, papillate. 
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with eight ascospores in uniseriate manner, cylindrical, 105-165 
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total length, the spore-bearing parts 65-115 
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long 
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7.5-10.5 
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broad, the stipes 25-65 
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long, with apical apparatus bluing in 
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reagent, tubular to urn-shaped, 3.9-5.5 
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high 
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3-5 
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broad. 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Ascospores</emphasis>
brown, unicellular, ellipsoid-inequilateral, with slightly narrowly rounded ends, aberrant ascospores with strongly pinched or beaked ends, smooth, (12.5-)13.5-15.5(-18) 
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(7-) 7.5-8.5 (-9.5) 
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(M = 14.8 
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8 
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, n=60), with straight germ slit spore-length, without sheath or appendages visible in India ink.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Additional specimen examined.</paragraph>
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China. Hainan Province, Lingshui County, Diaoluoshan Natural Reserve, on fallen leaves of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Lindera robusta</emphasis>
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, 31 December 2020, Haixia Ma (FCATAS 853).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Xylaria lindericola</emphasis>
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is distinguished by its subglobose fertile part of stroma on a long filiform stipe and growing on fallen leaves of 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lauraceae" genus="Lindera" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Lindera robusta" order="Laurales" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="robusta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Lindera robusta</emphasis>
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. The species is somewhat similar to 
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in morphology of stromatal fertile part. However, 
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has stromata with long sterile apex, slightly smaller ascospores 9-13(-15) 
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(3-) 4.5-6 (-7) 
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and grows on dead 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Agersborg" authorityYear="1923" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Oleaceae" genus="Olea" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Olea" order="Lamiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Olea</emphasis>
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leaves (
<bibRefCitation author="Ciccarone" journalOrPublisher="Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" pagination="356 - 358" refId="B1" refString="Ciccarone, 1947. Alcune osservazioni su una forma de Xylaria sicula Pass. e Beltr. Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano 53 (1946): 356 - 358" title="Alcune osservazioni su una forma de Xylaria sicula Pass. e Beltr." volume="53" year="1947">Ciccarone 1947</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation author="Graniti" journalOrPublisher="Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" pagination="364 - 376" refId="B10" refString="Graniti, 1959. Presenza di Xylaria sicula Pass. Et Beltr. su frutti e foglie di olivo e considerazioni sulla specie e sulle sue forme. Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano 66: 364 - 376" title="Presenza di Xylaria sicula Pass. Et Beltr. su frutti e foglie di olivo e considerazioni sulla specie e sulle sue forme." volume="66" year="1959">Graniti 1959</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation author="Fournier, J" journalOrPublisher="Kew Bulletin" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" refId="B7" refString="Fournier, J, 2014. Update on European species of Xylaria, 120 pp." title="Update on European species of Xylaria, 120 pp." year="2014">Fournier 2014</bibRefCitation>
). In the phylogenetic tree, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">X. lindericola</emphasis>
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formed a fully supported clade with 
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(Figure 
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">
<taxonomicName class="Ascomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" lsidName="Xylaria hypsipoda" order="Xylariales" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" phylum="Basidiomycota" rank="species" species="hypsipoda">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Xylaria hypsipoda</emphasis>
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Massee is similar to 
<taxonomicName lsidName="X. lindericola" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" rank="species" species="lindericola">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">X. lindericola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by sharing globose stromata and ascospores dimensions, but differs in having stromata with whitish scales, hairy stipes and urn-shaped, slightly larger apical apparatus 5-8 
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high 
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2.9-5 
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broad (
<bibRefCitation author="Rogers, DJ" journalOrPublisher="Mycotaxon" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" pagination="113 - 172" refId="B34" refString="Rogers, DJ, Callan, BE, Samuels, GJ, 1987. The Xylariaceae of the rain forests of North Sulawesi (Indonesia). Mycotaxon 31: 113 - 172" title="The Xylariaceae of the rain forests of North Sulawesi (Indonesia)." volume="31" year="1987">Rogers et al. 1987</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName class="Ascomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" lsidName="Xylaria ficicola" order="Xylariales" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" phylum="Basidiomycota" rank="species" species="ficicola">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Xylaria ficicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
resembles 
<taxonomicName lsidName="X. lindericola" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" rank="species" species="lindericola">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">X. lindericola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in stromatal morphology, but differs in having strongly exposed perithecial mounds of stromatal surface, larger ascospores (16-) 17.5-21(-22.7) 
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6.5-8.5 
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with conspicuous hyaline noncellular appendage and grows on fallen leaves and petioles of 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Moraceae" genus="Ficus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Ficus auriculata" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="auriculata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Ficus auriculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5248/116.151" author="Ma, HX" journalOrPublisher="Mycotaxon" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" pagination="151 - 155" refId="B25" refString="Ma, HX, Vasilyeva, L, Li, Y, 2011. A new species of Xylaria from China. Mycotaxon 116: 151 - 155, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5248/116.151" title="A new species of Xylaria from China." url="https://doi.org/10.5248/116.151" volume="116" year="2011">Ma et al. 2011</bibRefCitation>
). 
<taxonomicName class="Ascomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" lsidName="Xylaria heloidea" order="Xylariales" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" phylum="Basidiomycota" rank="species" species="heloidea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Xylaria heloidea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Penz. &amp; Sacc. from Indonesia is somewhat similar to 
<taxonomicName lsidName="X. lindericola" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" rank="species" species="lindericola">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">X. lindericola</emphasis>
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in stromatal morphology, but the former has obconical, convex stromatal top, larger ascospores (14.5-) 15.5-18(-19) 
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(5-)5.5-6.5(-7) 
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(16.7 
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6.1 
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), with a hyaline sheath swelling at both ends to form non-cellular appendages and grows on fallen fruits, twigs, petioles, and leaves of various plants (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2018.1469879" author="Ju, YM" journalOrPublisher="Mycologia" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" pagination="726 - 749" refId="B20" refString="Ju, YM, Rogers, JD, Hsieh, HM, 2018. Xylaria species associated with fallen fruitsand seeds. Mycologia 110 (4): 726 - 749, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2018.1469879" title="Xylaria species associated with fallen fruitsand seeds." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2018.1469879" volume="110" year="2018">Ju et al. 2018</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">
<taxonomicName class="Ascomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" lsidName="Xylaria comosa" order="Xylariales" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" phylum="Basidiomycota" rank="species" species="comosa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Xylaria comosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Mont.) Fr. and 
<taxonomicName lsidName="X. clusiae" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" rank="species" species="clusiae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">X. clusiae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
K.F. Rodrigues, J.D. Rogers &amp; Samuels are also somewhat similar to 
<taxonomicName lsidName="X. lindericola" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" rank="species" species="lindericola">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">X. lindericola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in stromatal morphology. However, 
<taxonomicName lsidName="X. comosa" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" rank="species" species="comosa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">X. comosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has larger ascospores (21)-26-40 
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7-11 
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and larger apical ring 10.5 
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high 
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7.5 
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broad (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.2307/4109126" author="Dennis, RWG" journalOrPublisher="Kew Bulletin" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" pagination="401 - 444" refId="B6" refString="Dennis, RWG, 1956. Some Xylarias of tropical America. Kew Bulletin 11: 401 - 444, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/4109126" title="Some Xylarias of tropical America." url="https://doi.org/10.2307/4109126" volume="11" year="1956">Dennis 1956</bibRefCitation>
) and 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">X. clusiae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has smaller stromata 1-3.5 cm, ascospores broadly ovoida1 to nearly globose (11.6-)12.8-16.7(-18) 
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8-15 
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, with colorless appendage at one end (
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Xylaria lindericola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(FCATAS 852, holotype) 
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stromata on leaves 
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fertile part of stroma 
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stromatal surface 
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section through stroma, showing perithecia 
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ascal apical ring and ascospores with beaked ends in 
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reagent 
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ascus and ascal apical ring in 
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reagent 
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ascus in water 
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ascospores in water 
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ascospore in 
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reagent 
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ascospore in India ink 
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ascospore in 1% SDS showing germ slit. Scale bars: 1.5 cm (
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); 0.2 mm (
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); 10 
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(
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).
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