Teleomorph state: Moelleriella oxystoma (Berk.) P. Chaverri, M. Liu & K.T. Hodge

Specimens were found on the underside of leaves of forest plants. Hosts are scale insects (Coccoidea) or whiteflies (Aleyrodidae). Stroma, discoid or columnar, usually surrounded by a broad scariose or slightly fibrillose hypothallus, 1.5-2.5 mm diam., up to 1-1.5 mm high, waxy, white, mass of spores orange-yellow; conidiomata pycnidial, oval in section up to 100 x 120 µm diam.; paraphyses absent; conidia fusoid, both ends abruptly tapering, 15-17 µm long, 3-3.5 µm wide.   This species is a small but distinct one because of its waxy appearance. It is often found in an immature state. The most distinctive feature was the conidia with elongate projections. The cytoplasm usually retracts from the tips resulting in a lozenge-shaped appearance in the main body of the spore when stained with a cytoplasmic stain. This species has been isolated but conidia tend to be very slow to germinate (often 72 h or more) on PDA. Colonies are slow-growing producing conidia after ca. 4 wk.   This was more usually found as the anamorph, less so as the teleomorph and only rarely were the two states found in the same stroma. This has been found throughout the year. Collections have been from as far north as Nam Nao National Park and as far south as Khao Pu - Khao Ya National Park. All collections appear to have been from below 1000 meters elevation.

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