Perithecia scattered or aggregated into groups of 2-10 seated on a poorly developed erumpent stroma, globose 0-3-0-5mm. coral or salmon pink, collapsing when dry, ostiole umbilicate ; perithecial wall pseudoparenchymatous 120, thick, outer cells 10-20, diameter, walls lightly thickened and pigmented, subhymenial cells 3-4,ri. diameter, walls thickened and pigmented. Asci elavate or cylindrical 50-90 x 8-10A, 4-8 spored, biseriate; pseudoparaphyses filamentous, branched. Spores one-septate, sometimes unequally divided by septa, fusiform, elliptical or oval, occasionally allantoid, rarely spherical, 9-26 x 4-8µm smooth, hyaline.

New Zealand.

Carmichaelia sp.

Perithecia libere sparsa vel gregaria, in stromate parvo et erumpenti, globosa 0 - 3-0 - 5mm. diameter, corallina, corruentia ; ostiolo umbilicato ; pariete perithecii pseudoparenchymato 120, crasso ; cellulis densatis et leviter tinctis. Asci cylindrici vel clavati 50-90 x 8-10,u; 4-8 sporis biseriatis; pseudoparaphysibus. Sporae uniseptatae, fusiformes, ellipticae vel ovatae, 9-26 x 4-8,t, leves, hyalinae.

Similar to N. cinnabarina differing in that Perithecia are lighter coloured and spores irregular in shape and size. Perithecia collapse when dry. They are aggregated into clusters of 3 to 10 on a small erumpent stroma.

LOCALITY: Little Barrier Island, New Zealand.