REPRESENTATIVE CULTURES: PDDCC 6703, 6828.

COLONY MORPHOLOGY OA: Colonies 55-80 mm diam. after 7 days. Mycelium; cottony to stringy, dark grey or dark olivaceous at centre, aerial mycelium sparse at edge with numerous pycnidia forming, often with orange conidial ooze. Reverse; dark grey. ME: Colonies 55-90 mm. Mycelium; olivaceous, very sparse or absent, surface covered with numerous pycnidia with some salmon-coloured conidial ooze starting to appear. Reverse; agar colourless or slightly olivaceous at centre, pycnidia show through as dark spots or as orange spots if oozing conidia. CHLAMYDOSPORES: Dictyochlamydospores form in chains with an Alternaria-like appearance. They may be numerous or sparse and may take several weeks to appear. CONIDIA: Uniform in shape, oblong with rounded ends. (3-)4.5-7.5(-9) x 2-2.5(-3) µm. PYCNIDIA: Solitary, often with several ostioles, or in, groups of 2-3 with confluent walls, often with ostiolar beaks c. 15 µm long.

OCCURRENCE: Plurivorous. No inoculation tests were carried out but Boerema et al. (1977) described it as a secondary invader.