Table 3.

Morphological comparison of Botryosphaeriaceae with dark ascospores.

Species	Ascospores			Reference
	Septation	Apiculus	Dimensions (pm)
Barriopsis fusca	aseptate	absent	(30–)31–36.5(–38.5) × (15.5–)16–18.5(–21)	Phillips et al. (2008)
Dothiorella iberica	1 –septate	absent	(17.5–)22.5–23.5(–29) × (8.5–)10–10.5(–12.5)	Phillips et al. (2005)
Lasiodiplodia gonubiensis	rarely 1–2-septate	present	(32.5–)35–37.5(–40) × (16–)17.5–20(–25)	Present study
Phaeobotryon mamane	2-septate	present	(30–)37–40(–45) × (11–)13–15(–16)	Phillips et al. (2008)
Spencermartinsia viticola	1 -septate	present	(19–)22.5–23.5(–27) × (8.5–)10.5–11(–14.5)	Saccardo (1880)
Sphaeropsis visci	aseptate	present	(27.5–)31–37.5(–38.5) × (14.5–)15–19(–19.5)	Phillips et al. (2008)