Type: Foliicolous Fungi; Description: Mycelium internal, subcuticular, becoming locally thickened to form erumpent pustules, which push aside a strip of cuticle. Conidiophores aggregated, arising from upper cells of the exposed pustule, flask shaped, pale brown to brown, smooth or verruculose, up to 40 m long, bearing many closely-spaced annellations. Conidia obpyriform, 0-septate, 14–21 × 7–10 μm, pale brown to olivaceous brown, base truncate. Leaf spots circular or irregular, dark olivaceous to blackish olive, velvety, on leaves and fruit.

Distribution: Northland, Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Nelson, Southland.; 1st Record: Brien & Dingley (1951: as Spilocaea eriobotryae).

Significance: Scab on leaves and fruits can cause considerable damage to Eriobotrya japonica (loquat) in Northland and Auckland (Dingley 1969).; Host(s): Eriobotrya japonica, Pyracantha angustifolia.