Khuskia oryzae H. J. Huds. 1963

Acacia confusa; Agropyron cristatum; Brachiaria mutica; Bromelia pinguin; Centella asiatica; Citrus paradisi; Cocos nucifera; Coffea sp.; Costus sp.; Cyamopsis tetragonolobus; Daucus carota; Dioscorea sp.; Eriochloa polystachya; Eucalyptus ficifolia; Eucalyptus grandis; Eucalyptus nitens; Eucalyptus viminalis; Gramineae sp.; Hydrangea sp.; Leguminosae sp.; Livistona rotundifolia; Lycopersicon esculentum; Manilkara bidentata; Musa sp.; Myristica fragrans; Orchidaceae sp.; Oryza sativa; Panicum maximum; Panicum purpurascens; Phenacoccus manihoti; Piper nigrum; Plantae sp.; Quercus sp.; Saccharum sp.; Saccharum officinarum; Tamarix aphylla; Tamarix gallica; Theobroma cacao; Vanda sp.; Zea mays.

Argentina; Australia (Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, Western Australia); Barbados; Canada (Alberta); China (Hong Kong); Cuba; Egypt; Egypt; former USSR; Georgia; Ghana; Grenada; India (Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Malaysia; Philippines; Puerto Rico; Singapore; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Trinidad & Tobago; Ukraine; Venezuela; Yemen.

Conidiophores. Short, pale brown, inflated, simple, bearing conidia singly and terminally. Conidia. Smoky brown or jet black, globose or subglobose, 11-16 × 10-13 μm, commonly 12-14 μm wide. Ascomata. Perithecial, formed in clusters of 1-7 in uniseriate or irregular rows, up to 2 mm long, subepiderrnal, erumpent, globose or ovoid, up to 250 μm diam., with papillate ostioles; around each perithecial group is a blackened area of host tissue. Asci. Short stalked, unitunicate, clavate, 55-75 × 8.5-12 μm, 8-spored, with spores arranged in two rows. Ascospores. Colourless, granular, curved, inequilateral, 16-21 × 5-7 μm, tapering to the base with rounded ends, initially non-septate but on discharge from the ascus and on germination may develop a single transverse septum dividing the spore unequally into two. Paraphyses. Thin-walled, septate.