Table 2.

Morphological comparisons of sexual morphs in Hevansia, Jenniferia and Polystromomyces.

Species	Host	Stromata	Fertile part	Perithecia	Asci	Ascospores	References
Hevansiaminuta	Spider (Theridiidae, Meotipa sp.)	Stipitate, solitary, white to cream, 10 mm long, 1 mm broad	Oval, ca. 2–2.5 mm long, ca. 1.5 mm broad	Immersed, narrowly ovoid, 400–500 × 100–170 µm	Cylindrical, 325–450 × 3–5 µm	Filiform, whole ascospores, 320–450 × 0.5–1.5 µm	This study
H.nelumboides	Spider	Stipitate, white, 4 mm long, 0.4 mm broad	Disc-shaped, 2 × 0.8 mm	Immersed, fusoid-ellipsoidal, 535–545 × 180–190 µm	400–450 × 5–6 µm	Part-spores, ca. 5 × 1 µm	Kobayasi and Shimizu (1977)
H.novoguineensis	Spider (Theridiidae)	Stipitate, solitary, or multiple, cylindrical, white to pale yellow, 3–5 mm long, 0.5–1 mm broad	Disc-shaped, upper surface slightly convex, 1–3 × 1–2 mm	Immersed, narrowly ovoid, 500–750 × 200–300 µm	Cylindrical, 350–450 × 5–7 µm	Filiform, whole ascospores, 400–460 × 1–1.5 µm	This study
Jenniferiagriseocinerea	Spider (Thomisidae, Diaeacf.dorsata, Diaea sp.)	Non-stipitate	Perithecia aggregated in clusters forming a cushion	Superficial, ovoid, 650–850 × 250–320 µm	Cylindrical, 375–460 × 5–6 µm	Whole ascospores with septate part-spores alternately connected with thread-like structures, up to 400 µm long, each cell narrowly fusiform, 10–15 × 1–2 µm, filiform regions, 35–45 × 0.2–0.8 µm	This study
J.thomisidarum	Spider (Thomisidae, Diaeacf.dorsata)	Non-stipitate	Perithecia aggregated in clusters forming a cushion	Superficial, obpyriform, 850–1100 × 300–400 µm	Cylindrical, 520–700 × 4–6 µm	Whole ascospores with septate part-spores alternately connected with thread-like structures, up to 680 µm long, each cell narrowly fusiform, 10–20 × 1–2 µm, filiform regions, 30–50 × 0.2–0.8 µm	This study
Polystromomycesaraneae	Spider egg sac	Stipitate, multiple, moderate yellow, 8–12 mm long, 1–3 mm broad	Disc-shaped, upper surface slightly convex, 3–4 × 2–3.5 mm	Immersed, narrowly ovoid, 1000–1400 × 200–350 µm	Cylindrical, 400–1000 µm long, 3.5–6 µm	Part-spores, cylindrical, 2–6 × 1–3 µm	This study