Despite the fact that many interpretations of " M . elata " exist throughout the years, most authors agree that Fries'original concept refers to a species with dark, conical ascocarps and more or less parallel vertical ridges, with horizontal interconnecting ridges arranged in a " ladderlike " pattern.
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Although the viscid ascocarp surface is a helpful field characteristic that can be used to distinguish " Glutinoglossum " species, the character is not strictly unique to this genus " Geoglossum difforme " also has sticky fruit bodies, but it is a member of the " Geoglossum " clade.
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M�hlenb . : Fr . and concluded that the " Hysteriaceae " possess the pseudoparaphysate Pleospora-type centrum ( all the structures enclosed within the ascocarp ), in which cellular, septate pseudoparaphyses grow downwards from the cavity roof, initially anchored at both ends, and occupy the locule prior to the formation of asci.
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"Xylaria hypoxylon ", known by the common names "'stag's horn "'and "'candle-snuff fungus "', is the most conspicuous because of its erect, 3 7 cm tall, antler-like ascocarps ( fruitbodies ) which are black at the base ( where the perithecia are embedded ) but white and branched towards the top, where the fruiting bodies produce white conidia ( asexual spores ).
