HAB On rotten wood; Omahuta Forest,New Zealand; May 9, 1983.(MFC-12237).

OBS on the host. Colonies effuse, black, velvety. Mycelium mostly immersed in the substrate. Conidiophores erect, simple, straight, septate, smooth-walled, thick-walled,brown colored,with apical percurrent proliferations. Conidia formed singly and successively, smooth-walled, composed of a basal cell bearing two upward directed unequal arms, light brown, pale brown toward the apices. Conidia in overall length 17-24 µ; the arms 4-6 µ wide at the base, tapering toward the ends, generally unequal, 1-3-septate, slightly constricted at the septa, both apical cells frequently collapsing at fully mature state. On PDA, colonies slow-growing, dark brownish gray,with mostly immersed mycelia. Sterile on various common agar media.

MEM Hughes,S.J.1971.( On decaying wood of Coprosma australis,New Zealand.] Kirk, P. M. & Spooner, B. M. Kew Bulletin 38, p.578-579.1984. * Ellis, M. B. "M. D. H."p.106-107.1976.