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Table 4 Ascospore and subapical apparatus dimensions of C. heterostomoides compared with those of C. heterostoma and relatives sorted in descending order of ascospore dimensions

From: Five new Camillea (Xylariales) species described from French Guiana

collections numbers

Ascospore measurements with extreme values in parentheses

Q = quotient l/w, N = number of measurements

Mean values

Subapical apparatus h × w µm, N = 25

 C. heterostomoides holotype

(19.7–)21.2–26.3(–30.3) × (6.0–)6.5–7.4(–8.9) µm

Q = (2.7–)3.0–3.8(–4.2), N = 60

Me = 23.7 × 7.0 μm Qe = 3.4

Me = 4.3 × 4.8

Hypoxylon heterostomum var. macrosporum (Miller 1961)

25–30 × 8–10 μm

Me = 27.5 × 8.0 μm Qe = 3.4

C. macrospora GYJF 19228

(16.4–)18.1–21.5(–23.0) × (6.1–)6.9–7.8(–8.2) µm

Q = (2.2–)2.4–3.0(–3.4), N = 60

Me = 19.6 × 7.3 μm Qe = 2.7

Me = 4.1 × 6.0

 C. heterostoma (Læssøe et al. 1989)

(10.8–)11.3 × 15.5(–16.5) µm

N = 50

Me = 13.8 × 6.0 μm Qe = 2.3

Me = 3.3 × 5.5

 C. heterostoma GYJF 18086

(10.8–)12.0–14.5 (–16.0) × (5.0–)5.4–6.1(–6.4) µm

Q = (2.0–)2.1–2.6(–2.9), N = 60

Me = 13.0 × 5.7 μm Qe = 2.3

Me = 2.9 × 4.2

 C. heterostoma var. microspora GYJF 21198

(10.1–)10.8–12.8(–14.1) × (4.5–)4.9–5.4(–5.9) µm

Q = (1.9–)2.1–2.5(–2.7), N = 60

Me = 11.8 × 4.8 μm Qe = 2.3

C. heterostoma var. microspora GYJF 21300

(7.6–)10.1–12.3(–14.2) × (4.5–)4.7–6.2(–6.5) µm

Q = (1.3–)1.7–2.4(–2.7), N = 60

Me = 11.3 × 5.5 μm Qe = 2.0

Me = 2.8 × 4.3

 C. heterostoma var. microspora (Rogers et al. 2002)

9–12 × 4.5–5 μm

Me = 10.5 × 5.2 μm Qe = 2.5