Phylum：Ascomycota　>>　Class： Ascomycetes　>>　 Order： Pleosporales 
   
 
　BCRC Number： NO BCRC Number!  
   
　Scientific Name： Astrosphaeriella stellata
 
   
   
　Author：

Astrosphaeriella stellata (Pat.) Sacc., Syll. Fung. 24: 938. 1928.

Basionym: Amphisphaeria stellata Pat., Bull. Soc. Mycol. Fr. 29: 223, 1913.
   
 
 
 
 
　Description： Ascomata scattered, erumpent through the host tissue to becoming superficial, 600-1000 μm wide, 400-550 μm high, flattened at base, apex non-papillate, with ruptured reflexed teeth-like host remnants around the base. Peridium at sides carbonaceous, composed of opaque and melanized cells, poor developed at base, cells at rim appearing as palisade-like rows. Asci cylindrical, 170-240 × 11-13 μm, sessile to short stalked, (4-7)8-spored. Pseudoparaphyses embedded in gelatinous matrix, frequently branched and anastomosing, 1-1.5 μm wide. Ascospores ellipsoid to fusiform, 40-56 × 5.5-7 μm, acute, pale brown, smooth, constricted at the median or slightly supra-median septum, surrounding by a sheath, sheath truncate or sometimes concave at ends, ascospores uniseriate to partially overlapping biseriate in ascus.
 
 
 
 
 
　Specimens：

Taichung Hsien: Wufeng, on Dendrocalamus, 12 Jul. 1997, C.Y. Chen (NCHUPP 2538); Tungmaoshan, on Dendrocalamus, 29 Jan. 1996, C.Y. Chen (NCHUPP 2442); ibid. 18 Aug. 2001 (NCHUPP c0205); 15K Anmashan, on Dendrocalamus, 15 Mar. 2003 C.Y. Chen (NCHUPP c0912). Nantou Hsien: Leinhuachih, on Dendrocalamus, 20 Jun. 2001 (NCHUPP c0121); Hsitou, on Phyllostachys, 28 Sept. 1995, C.Y. Chen (NCHUPP 2388). Hualien Hsien: Tienshiang, on Dendrocalamus, 29 Dec. 2001, C.Y. Chen (NCHUPP c0421). Chiai Hsien: Meishan, on Phyllostachys, 1 Mar. 2002, C.Y. Chen (NCHUPP c0705).
 
 
 
　Habitat： On bamboo.
 
 
 
　Distribution：

Australia, China, French, Guiana, India, Indonesia, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam.
 
 
 
　References：

Chen, CY and Hsieh, WH. 2004a; Hyde, KD and Fr?hlich, J. 1997.
   
   
   
　Provided：

C. Y. Chen
 
 
　Note： This species is widely distributed at low altitude regions in Taiwan. The characteristic sheath of ascospores with truncate ends serves as an excellent criterion to recognize this species.