Fig. 2.
From: Ascus apical apparatus and ascospore characters in Xylariaceae
Asci and different types of apical apparatus. A. Hypoxylon fuscum with disc-like apical apparatus stained in Melzer’s reagent (AJSW 078*). B. Camillea selangorensis ascus (IMI — isotype). C. Kretzschmaria clavus ascus with apical apparatus stained in Melzer’s reagent (PK 270). D. Nemania bipapillata ascus with stipe (AJSW 693). E. K. clavus showing distinctive urniform apical apparatus stained dark blue in Melzer’s reagent (PK 270). F. C. fusiformis with rhomboid apical apparatus stained in Melzer’s reagent (MAW S21, IMI) G. Hypoxylon lividicolor ascus with long stipe (ST 1047 RFD). H. Xylaria aristata ascus with apical apparatus arrowed (ST 1411 RFD). Bars A–B, F–H = 10 μm; C–D = 25 μm; E = 5 μm.