2.5.3 Coniochaeta krabiensis

Coniochaeta krabiensis formed a monophyletic group with C. tetraspora and another new species ( C. arenariae) in the same study (Dayarathne et al. 2020a). Morphologically, C. krabiensis fits within the generic description of Coniochaeta with its two-layered peridium, cylindrical asci with an apical apparatus and dark brown, ellipsoidal ascospores with a germ slit which are arranged uniseriately in the asci (GarcÍa et al. 2006). Coniochaeta krabiensis differs from C. tetraspora in having longer, narrower, 8-spored asci and smaller ascospores (Cain 1961).