On dead stems of Ripogonum scandens, Westland, Little Wanganui River, Harihari, 6.1V.1963, J.M.D, PDD 20864 (DAOM 93845).

Conidium initials develop blastically and singly on elongated, cylindrical. basally bulbous extensions produced successively at the apex of conidiophores. Initials are distinctly coiled but they straighten out somewhat as the distal end becomes swollen, muriformly septate, and pigmented. One to six of the outer cells of mature conidia can produce 1-celled, subgl o bose to hemispherical, dark brown secondary conidia- which are 5.5-7.2um wide; the distal wall of these outgrowths is usually thicker and darker than the wall at the attached side. Some of these features are known in species of form genera which produce more obvious helicoconidia, and several such species have been shown to have Tubeufia ascigerous states. The Tubeufia (q.v. infra) accompanying the Pendulispora probably represents the ascigerous state of this hyphomycete.

References: Ellis (op. cit.), Matsushima ( 1975).