asci clavate, 8-spored, with small, amyloid apical plug, inoperculate (37) 39 - 44μm (47) x 2.5 - 4μm | paraphyses filiform, with contents, some appearing encrusted, not forking, ~ascus length, some longer, some shorter x 1-2μm | spores hyaline, irregularly cylindrical-fusiform, some slightly curved or appearing boletinoid, aseptate or rarely one-septate, aguttulate (5) 6 - 8μm (11.5) x 1.5 - 2μm | downy margin elements (?) composed of septate hyphae, filled with bluish, globular, refractive contents, some terminating in distinct fascicles, appearing dark brown when grouped (fascicles) but individually hyaline