Halrsphacria quadricornuta Cribb & Cribb 



Fap. Univ. Queensland Dep. Bot. 3:99. 1956. 



Ascospores 2-celled, 20-36 X 6-11.5 n, hyaline, ellipsoi- 

 dal, fusiform-ellipsoidal or elongate, one to several gut- 

 tules per cell, may be constricted at septum, oc- 

 casionally covered by a gelatinous sheath; provided at 

 each end with a pair of acuminate, rigid, occasionally 

 subterminal appendages directed either parallel or at 

 right angles to each other, to 37 /i long. 



In driftwood and other cellulosic material. Uncommon in 

 colder waters. 



Halosphaeria quadriremis (Hohnk) Kohlm. 



Can. J. Bot. 50:1957. 1972. 



Syn. Remispora quadri-remis (Hohnk) Kohlm. 

 Nova Hedwigia 2:332. 1960. 



Ascospores 2-celled, 18-34 X 8-15.5 p, hyaline, ellipsoidal 

 to ovoid, ends rounded, 1 or 2 large guttules per cell, 

 may be constricted at septum; provided at each end 

 with 4-6 gelatinous, attenuate, semirigid, tapering 

 appendages, to 35 ai long. 



In driftwood and other cellulosic material. 



Halosphaeria salina (Meyers) Kohlm. 



Can. J. Bot. 50:1957. 1972. 



Syn. Remispora salina (Meyers) Kohlm. 

 Mycologia 60:262. 1968. 



Ascospores 2-celled, 19-28 X 8-13.5 /j, hyaline, ellipsoidal 

 to oblong-ellipsoidal, ends rounded, may be slightly 

 constricted at septum, usually 1 large guttule per cell; 

 provided at each end with 3 or 4 (occasionally 5), ter- 

 minal or subterminal, radiating, curved or straight, 

 tapering, more or less bulbous appendages to 20 n 

 long. 



In driftwood and other cellulosic material. Less common 

 in colder waters. 



Halosphaeria torquata Kohlm. 



Nova Hedwigia 2:311. 1960. 



Ascospores 2-celled, 20-30.5 X 10-16 /u, hyaline, broadly 

 ellipsoidal, 1 large guttule per cell, may be constricted 

 at septum; provided at each end with a gelatinous, 

 tapering, semirigid appendage to 15 ^i long; in addi- 

 tion, with an equatorial cylindrical annulus around the 

 septum. 



In driftwood and other cellulosic material. 



Halosphaeria trullifera (Kohlm.) Kohlm. 



Can. J. Bot. 50:19.57. 1972. 



Syn. Remispora trullifera Kohlm. 

 Nova Hedwigia 6:321. 1963. 



Ascospores 2-celled, 23-35 X 14-20 yu, hyaline, ellipsoidal 

 to oblong-ellipsoidal, ends rounded, 1 large guttule per 

 cell, may be constricted at septum; provided at each 

 end with a gelatinous slightly tapering or blunt, scoop- 

 like or caplike appendage, to 10 ^i wide. 



In driftwood. 



Ascospores 2-celled, 12-21 X 6-8 /i, hyaline, ellipsoidal, 

 ends rounded, one to several guttules per cell, may be 

 constricted at septum; provided at one end with 4-7 

 terminal, radiating, stiff or bristlelike appendages to 

 13 p long. 



Known only from bark oi Rhizophora. Collected on drift 

 floating northward. 



Lentescospora submarina Linder 



Farlowia 1:411. 1944. 



Ascospores 2-celled (may become 3-celled prior to ger- 

 mination), thick-walled, 15.5-35 X 6-15 fi, hyaline, 

 ellipsoidal or elongate-ellipsoidal, occasionally each 

 cell with a large guttule, may be slightly constricted at 

 septum; provided at each end, only rarely at a single 

 end, with a short, gelatinous appendage, to 7 ai in dia- 

 meter. 



In driftwood and other cellulosic material. 



Leptosphaeria albopunctata (West.) Sacc. 



Sylloge Fungorum 2:72. 1883. 



Ascospores 6- to 8-celled, antepenultimate cell largest, 

 26-55 X 10-15 /J, light yellow to yellow-brown, 

 fusiform, to broadly fusiform, ends rounded, slightly 

 constricted at septa, curved or straight. 



Ascocarp a pseudothecium; asci bitunicate. 



In Juncus, Spartina, reeds, driftwood, and other cellu- 

 losic material. 



Leptosphaeria australiensis (Cribb & Cribb) Hughes 



Syesis 2:132. 1968. 



Ascospores 4-celled, penultimate cell usually largest, 19- 



27 X 5.5-9 n, hyaline, fusiform to ellipsoidal, 1 guttule 



per cell, constricted at septa. 

 Ascocarp a pseudothecium; asci bitunicate. 

 In floating drift of Rhizophora, Avicennia, driftwood, and 



other cellulosic material. Less common in colder waters. 



Leptosphaeria contecta Kohlm. 



Nova Hedwigia 6:314. 1963. 



A.scospores 4- to 5-celled, penultimate cell usually largest, 

 32.5-44 X 8.5-11.5 u. hyaline, fusiform to fusiform- 

 ellipsoidal, straight or curved, cells guttulate, con- 

 stricted at septa, covered by a gelatinous, hyaline 

 sheath 9-11 /j thick. 



Ascocarp a pseudothecium; asci bitunicate. 



In driftwood, reeds, and other cellulosic material. 



Leptosphaeria discors Saccardo & Ellis in Saccardo 



Michelia 2:567. 1882. 



Ascospores 4-celIed, 28-36 X 8-14 fj. broadly fusoid or 

 broadly ellipsoidal, straight or curved, end cells round- 

 ed and hyaline, midcells yellow-brown or brown and 

 each containing a large guttule, constricted at septa. 



Ascocarp a pseudothecium; asci bitunicate. 



In Juncus, Spartina, floating culms, reeds, driftwood, 

 and other cellulosic material. 



Keissleriella blepharospora J. & E. Kohlm. 

 Nova Hedwigia 9:97. 1965. 



Leptosphaeria halima Johnson 

 Mycologia 48:502. 1956. 



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