Colonies on PDA attaining 23-mm at 25 °C after 5 days, white, velvety, margins entire, reverse brown, paler towards the margin.
Note
Sporulation was not observed, even though trials have made on PDA, OA and WA. Base on the phylogenetic relationships inferring from ITS region, the closest species is Hypoxylon sublenormandii strain CBS 138917 (95.9%; KM610291) (Kuhnert et al., 2015). The identity of this strain is still uncertain.
Pathogenicity
Unknown
Specimens examined
Taiwan, Taichung City, rice grains (cultivar Taichung 194), Dec 2014, Jie-Hao Ou, 14169