FIG. 6. — Comparison of Podospora reunionensis Silar, sp. nov. and Podospora comata Milovtz.: A, production of perithecia; B, production of ascospores (right: ejected on the lid) on M0 and Guibourtia demeusii L. wood shavings; A, arrows point to where PSN1158 differentiated perithecia that ejected ascospores on the lid (arrowheads). C, D, ascospores; C,The arrows point towards the conspicuous secondary appendages in PSN1158. These are also present in the P. comata Milovtz. strain T, but are shorter and rarer (i.e., they appear to be missing on most ascospores). Scale bars: 50 µm.

Published as part of Valérie, Philippe Silar, Christophe, Valérie Gautier, Narumon, Christophe Lalanne, Marvyn, Narumon Tangthirasunun, Fanny, Marvyn Arthur, Hartmann, Fanny E. & Giraud, Tatiana, 2025, The Podospora anserina (Rabenh.) Niessl species complex in metropolitan and overseas France with description of a new species, Podospora reunionensis Silar, sp. nov., pp. 87-100 in Cryptogamie, Mycologie 46 (6) on page 94, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamiemycologie2025v46a6, http://zenodo.org/record/17987433