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. 2021 May 7;12:656235. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.656235

TABLE 2.

Synopsis of Immotthia species based on type studies (I. hypoxylon is listed separately from I. atrograna in this study for a better understanding).

Species name Ascomata Asci Ascospores Asexual morph Host occurrences References
Immotthia atrograna (= I. hypoxylon) 120–270 μm diam., 150–310 μm high, carbonaceous, glabrous, densely aggregated in large groups or loosely scattered, globose to obpyriform, with pore-like, cream to reddish brown, 30–50 diam., inconspicuous ostiole 60–86 × 6–10 μm, 8-spored, oblong to cylindrical, shortly pedicellate with knob-like or obtuse pedicel (8–)9–14(–18) × 5–6 μm, 1-seriate, yellowish brown to reddish brown, ellipsoid to biconical, often upper cell slightly shorter and broader than the lower, ends rounded to subacute, 1-septate, constricted at the septum, smooth to slightly verrucose Coniothyrium parasitans Aceri-Fraxinetum, Carya olivaeformis, Carya sp., Hypoxylon rubigmosum, H. rubiginosum on Fraxinus excelsior, H. rubigmosum on Fraxinus sp., H. rubigmosum on Salix alba, Hypoxylon sp., Hypoxylon sp. on Acer pseudoplatanus, Hypoxylon sp. on Fraxinus excelsior, Hypoxylon sp. on Fraxinus sp., Liquidambar sp., Robinia sp. Jaklitsch et al., 2002
Immotthia atroseptata 170–250 μm diam., 190–350 μm high, simple or aggregated, globose to obpyriform, with conical or truncate apex perforated by a small, inconspicuous ostiole 62–95 × 8–11 μm, 8-spored, clavate, with a short furcate pedicel 13–17.5 × 4.5–6 μm, 1–2-seriate, brown to reddish brown, ellipsoidal to fusiform with both rounded ends, the upper cell slightly larger than the lower, 1-septate, constricted at the septum, smooth-walled Undetermined Apothecia of Pestalopezia rhododendri on fallen leaves of Rhododendron maximum Pirozynski, 1973; Doilom et al., 2018
Immotthia bambusae 150–220 μm diam., 130–210 μm high, carbonaceous, scattered, rarely solitary, gregarious, globose to subglobose, with rounded apex with a pore-like, inconspicuous ostiole 45–60(–62) × 7.5–10 μm, 6–8-spored, cylindrical, sessile to subsessile, with knob-like or furcate ends 9–11 × 2.8–4.5 μm, 1–2-seriate, light brown to brown, ellipsoidal to fusiform, with rounded ends, lower cell slightly longer and narrower than the upper, 1-septate, finely verrucose Undetermined Hypoxylon sp. on bamboo This study
Immotthia hypoxylon 120–280 μm diam., 170–290 μm high, carbonaceous, glabrous, scattered to clustered, gregarious, subglobose to obpyriform, with pore-like ostiole (67–)70–90(–108) × 8–11 μm, 8-spored, cylindrical, shortly pedicellate with a knob-like or obtuse end 10–13(–15) × 4–6 μm, 1-seriate, brown to reddish brown, ellipsoidal to fusiform, with round ends, 1-septate, slightly constricted at the septum, rough-walled Coniothyrium parasitans Hypoxylon investiens on Quercus sp., Hypoxylon sp. on Fraxinus sp., H. truncatum on dead canes of Rosa sp., Tilia sp., wood Hyde et al., 2017