Perithecia gregarious in clusters of 4-10 on a poorly developed pseudoparenchymatous stroma; perithecia superficial, globose, 0.3 x 0.4 mm diam., translucent, salmon coloured, tuberculate, perithecial walls 50-85 µ, pseudoparenchymatous, cells 10-15 µ diameter, cuboid or rectangular, cell walls hyaline, pigment, granules present in and among cells, subhymenial layer tip to 10 µ wide, compacted, with thickened and lightly pigmented walls. Asci elliptical or clavate, 48-65 x 7-12 µ, 8 spored, obliquely uniseriate, biseriate at apex, pseudoparaphyses diffluent. Spores one septate, elliptical, rarely constricted at septa, 14-18 x 3-4 µ, walls echinulate, hyaline.
Conidial stage: conidiophores more or less compacted to form a tuberculate stroma, verticillately branched. Conidia catenulated from terminal phialides, 10-17 x 2-2.5 µ, conidia 5-10 x 3-5 µ, hyaline, smooth. Dendrodochium sp.

Perithecia gregaria in corona 4-10 in stromate pseudoparenchymato tenuiter formato; superficialis, globosa 0.3-0.4 mm diam., translucentia, salmonea, tuberculata, pariete 50-85 µ, pseudoparenchymato, cellulis 10-15 µ diam. cuboidibus vel rectis angulis, parietibus hyalinis, granulis tinctis immixtis; regio subhymenii ad 10µ lata, parietibus densatis et subtiliter tinctis. Asci elliptici vel clavati 48-65 x 7-12 µ, 8 sporis, oblique uniseratis, in apice biseratis, pseudoparaphysibus diffluentibus. Sporae uniseptatae, raro in septis constrictae, echinulatae 14-18 x 3-4 µ. Status conidialis: conidiophora in stromate tuberculato satis compacta, verticillate rimosa. Conidia catenulata ex sterigmatis terminalibus 10-17 x 2-2.5 µ. Conidia 5-10 x 2-3.5 µ hyaline, laevia.

In external appearance and in micro-features the species resembles N. subquaternata Berk. & Br., but spores are more or less ovate rather than fusiform. Both species possess a Dendrodochium conidial stage. A collection was recorded by Dingley (1951a) as N. quisquilaris.

Type collection: on Pseudowintera colorata (Raoul) Dandy, Taranaki, Mt. Egmont, 4,000ft, March 1951, J.M.D. (10906).

Type: Corticolous Fungi; Description: Ascomata stromatic, perithecial, aggregated in clusters of 4–10, globose, salmon pink, translucent, warty, 0.3–0.4 mm in diameter, superficial, on a poorly-developed stroma; on bark on stems. Asci elliptical to clavate, 48–65 × 7–12 μm. Ascospores elliptical, 1-septate, 14–18 × 3–4 μm, echinulate, hyaline. Conidia elliptical to allantoid, 0-septate, 5–10 × 3–5 μm, smooth, hyaline.

Distribution: Auckland, Taranaki, Taupo, Wellington, Otago Lakes.; 1st Record: Dingley (1956).

Significance: None.; Host(s): Pseudowintera colorata.