Table 2.

Overview of morphological characters of Microdochium spp.

	Asexual morph					Sexual morph
	Conidia			Conidiogenous cells		Chlamydospores	Perithecia	Asci	Ascospores
Taxa	Shape	Size (μm)	# septa	Type - Shape	Size (μm)	Type	Size/Diameter (μm)	Size (μm)	Size (μm)	# septa
M. albescens	falcate, slightly to strong curved, apex pointed	11–16 × 3.5–4.5	0–1(–3)	percurrent, subcylindrical, doliiform to obpyriform	6–15 × 1.5–4	not observed	150–180 × 90–120	40–85 × 8–12	14–23 × 3.5–4.5	1–3(–5)
M. bolleyi	crescent	5.5–8.5 × 1.6–2.2	0	sympodial, cylindrical or ampulliform, with rachides	2–4.5 × 2–3.5	present, multicellular	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported
M. caespitosum	falcate, pointed	25–30 × 1.5–2	1	sympodial, ampulliform	7.5–15 × 2.5–5	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported
M. citrinidiscum	cylindrical, clavate, obovoid	7–31 × 2–3	0–3	sympodial, denticulate, cylindrical	11–29 × 1.5–2	not observed	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported
M. colombiense	lunate, fusiform, allantoid or reniform, straight or curved	5–8 × 1.5–3	0(–1)	polyblastic, ampulliform, with per-current proliferations, or cylindrical	5–13 × 2.5–3.5	not observed	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported
M. consociata	not described	present – not described	present – not described	present – not described	present – not described	present – not described	110–300	90–120 × 21–25	32–38 × 8–11	3–6
M. fisheri	obovoid, subpyriform, to clavate, fusiform	7–12 × 3–4	0–1	sympodial, denticulate, cylindrical	19–60 × 1.5–2	not observed	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported
M. fusariisporium	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported	165–220 × 137–165	45–65 × 8–9	20–32 × 3–3.5	1–3
M. griseum	falcate, pointed at both ends	20–30 × 2–2.5	0	sympodial, apical, ampulliform, up to 5 denticles	< 30 × 1–4.5	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported
M. intermedium	fusiform, falcate	8–15 × 3–4.5	1–2	sympodial, cylindrical or ampulliform with short denticulate rachides	10–20 × 3–4	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported
M. lycopodinum	fusiform or with one side straighter than the other, lunate	8–15 × 2.5–3.5	0–1	ampulliform to lageniform, sub-cylindrical, percurrent proliferations	4–12 × 2.5–3.5	not observed	80–190	37–66 × 5–7.5	9–24 × 2–3.5	1(–2–3)
M. majus	falcate, slightly to strong curved, apex pointed, base wedge-shaped	19–37 × 3.5–4.5	(1–)7	percurrent, apical, subcylindrical, doliiform to obpyriform	6–15 × 2.2–4	not reported	300 × 170	50–70 × 7–9	9.5–17 × 3–4.5	1–3
M. maydis	cylindrical to slightly clavate, apex obtuse, base narrowed, mostly curved	20–46 × 3–4	3–9	percurrent, apical, doliiform, ampulliform to obpyriform	15–20 × 10	not reported	200–250 × 100–200	80–90 × 10–12	18–25 × 3.5–5	1–3
M. neoqueenslandicum	lunate, allantoid, curved, with one side straighter than the other	4–9 × 1.5–3	0(–1)	ampulliform, lageniform to subcylindrical, polyblastic, percurrent proliferations	4.5–10 × 2–3.5	not observed	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported
M. nivale	falcate, slightly to strong curved, apex pointed, base wedge-shaped, base obtuse to round	5–36 × 2–4.5	3(–1–7)	percurrent, apical, subcylindrical, doliiform to obpyriform	6–15 × 2.2–4	not reported	300 × 170	50–70 × 7–9	10–17 × 3.5–4.5	1(–3)
M. opuntiae	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported	100–112	> 60 × 8–9	20–22 × 3.5	1
M. palmicola	filiform, straight to slighlty flexuous, apex rounded	7–16 × 1	0	sympodial, apical, ampulliform to lageniform	6–13 × 2.5–5(–7)	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported
M. paspali	falcate, apex pointed	7–20.5 × 2.5–4.5	0–3	percurrent, ampuliform, lageniform to cylindrical	6.5–15.5 × 2.5–4	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported
M. passiflorae	falcate	28–50 × 3–3.5	1–6	sympodial, apical, cylindrical to doliiform	10–15 × 3–4	not reported	200–250	57–120 × 9–11	15–25 × 4–5	1–3
M. phragmitis	narrowly ellipsoid-fusiform, slightly curved, somewhat falcate apex obtuse to subacute, tapered, base somewhat obconically	10–16 × 2–3.5	0–1	sympodial, apical, ampulliform to lageniform	5–12(–30) × 2.5–3	not observed	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported
M. punctum	fusiform, straight, apex rounded to subacute	20–30 × 3–5	1	subcylindrical, ampulliform, conical to geniculate-sinuous	5–8(–15) × 2–3	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported
M. queenslandicum	lunate	7.5–11 × 1.8–2	0	sympodial, apical, ampulliform	4–7 × 2–3	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported
M. seminicola	cylindrical to fusiform, straight or curved	19–54 × 3–4.5	(0–)3(–5)	ampulliform to lageniform, with percurrent proliferations	7–9.5 × 3–4	not observed	110–149	41–66 × 7.6–11	12–22 × 3–4.5	0–3
M. sorghi	filiform, narrowly acicular fusiform, obclavate	20–90 × 1.5–4.5	1–7(–10)	sympodial, occasionally percurrent. Ovoid, ampulliform to obclavate	5–13 × 3–4	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported
M. stevensonii	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported	150–260	45–65 × 11–13	14–21 × 5–6.5	1–2
M. stoveri	cylindrical to fusiform, often curved, apex rounded	13–39 × 2–3	0–2	sympodial, apical, cylindrical	6.5–15 × 2.5–3.5	not reported	120 × 90	75–115 × 18–28	23–30 × 5.5–6.5	3–4
M. tainanense	lunate	10–15 × 2–3	0–1	sympodial, apical, cylindrical or ampulliform with conspicuous rhachides	3–10 × 1–3	not observed	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported
M. trichocladiopsis	oblong, fusiform to obovoid, straight or curved	6–18 × 2–3.5	0(–1)	cylindrical to clavate, straight often curved at the tip	4–37 × 2–3	present, trichocladium like	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported
M. triticicola	fusiform, straight	5–14 × 2.5–4	(0–)1	sympodial, apical, ampulliform, lageniform to cylindrical	6.5–35 × 2.5–3.5	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported