The identification of Dendrostoma spp. was based on morphological features observed on the natural substrates. Cross-sections for ascomata and conidiomata from tree barks were prepared by hand using a double-edged blade under a dissecting microscope. At least 10 conidiomata/ascomata, 10 asci and 50 conidia/ascospores were measured to calculate the mean size and standard deviation. Measurements are reported as maxima and minima in parentheses and the range representing the mean plus and minus the standard deviation of the number of measurements is given in parentheses (Voglmayr et al. 2017 (link)). Microscopy photographs were captured with a Nikon Eclipse 80i compound microscope equipped with a Nikon digital sight DS-Ri2 high definition colour camera, using differential interference contrast illumination. Nomenclatural novelties and descriptions were deposited in MycoBank (Crous et al. 2004 ). Cultural characteristics were recorded for isolates incubated on PDA in the dark at 25 °C.
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