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Table 5 Ascospore dimensions from two collections of C. nitida compared with those of C. punctidisca and C. punctulata from literature

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

collection numbers

Ascospore measurements with extreme values in parentheses

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

Mean values

GYJF 12119 (paratype of C. nitida)

(8.5–)9.2–11.0(–12.3) × (3.6–)3.8–4.3(–4.5) µm

Q = (2.0–)2.2–2.9(–3.2), N = 60

Me = 10.0 × 4.1 μm, Qe = 2.4

GYJF 21123 (holotype of C. nitida)

(8.5–)9.2–10.8(–12.1) × (3.4–)3.8–4.5(–4.7) µm

Q = (2.0–)2.1–2.7(–3.1), N = 60

Me = 10.0 × 4.1 μm, Qe = 2.4

cumulated values

(8.5–)9.2–11.0(–12.3) × (3.4–)3.8–4.5(–4.7) µm

Q = (2.0–)2.1–2.9(–3.2), N = 120

Me = 10.0 × 4.1 μm, Qe = 2.4

 C. punctidisca (Rogers 1980)

9.5–12 × 4.5–6 μm

Me = 10.8 × 5.3 μm, Qe = 2

 C. punctulata (Læssøe et al. 1989)

7–9 × 3–4 μm

Me = 8.0 × 3.5 μm, Qe = 2.3