I found this "Podospora" lato sensu on horse dung. It seems have 512 ascospores, according with some colleagues, but i calculated the asci and ascospores volume to obtain obtain an average estimate of how many spores could fit in the ascus, I considered about 80% of the ascus volume being occupied and got a total of approximately 2024 spores. I am not familiar with species that have this total, and those that do, like Podospora praecox and P. serotina, which have around 2048 spores (which is not too far off, considering a margin of error), have spores much smaller than mine. The spores I found are on average 18 x 11 micrometers, and the ascus measures approximately 250 micrometers in length by 120 micrometers in width. My sample closely resembles P. prolifica (around 1024-spored) due to the perithecium characteristics, and P. longicollis (around 512-spored) in terms of spore size. I did not observe appendages on the spores, even on the immature ones. Any suggestions?"

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