Phylum：Ascomycota　>>　Class： Ascomycetes　>>　 Order： Pleosporales 
   
 
　BCRC Number： NO BCRC Number!  
   
　Scientific Name： Kirschsteiniothelia reticulata
 
   
   
　Author：

Kirschsteiniothelia reticulata C.Y. Chen, C.L. Wang & J.W. Huang, Mycotaxon 98:XX, 2006.
   
 
 
 
 
　Description： Ascomata scattered, immersed at first, then erumpent through torn fissure of host, conical, 320?450 μm wide, 180?220 μm high, apex rounded; hyphae intercellular and intracellular in host, broad, 3?5 μm wide, deeply constricted where crossing host cell wall. Peridium 20?40 μm thick at sides, composed of cells forming a textura angularis, thickened around ostiolar canal and at lateral rim where cells usually arranged in palisade-like rows, at base reduced, usually merged with underlying host tissue. Asci obclavate, 90?110 × 23?27 μm, with a short stalk up to 15 μm long. Pseudoparaphyses frequently branched and anastomosing, 1.5?2 μm wide. Ascospores ellipsoid, 17?23 × 7?10 μm, dark brown, 1-septate, septum constricted, median or occasionally slightly deviating from middle, with reticulate ornamentation on surface, covered with mucilaginous sheath.
 
 
 
 
 
　Specimens：

Nantou Hsien: Piluchi, on unknown twigs, Aug. 1999, C.L.Wang (TNM F19959, holotype).
 
 
 
　Habitat： On decaying wood.
 
 
 
　Distribution：

Taiwan.
 
 
 
　References：

Chen, CY et al. 2006.
   
   
   
　Provided：

C. Y. Chen
 
 
　Note： This species is characterized by ascospores ornamented with a reticulum of small ridges. It is an unique character previously not found in Kirschsteiniothelia.