On rachis and pinnae of Dicksonia squarrosa, Dunedin, Berggren 400 (type).

Apothecia scattered, superficial, cupshaped with short cylindrical stalks, up to about 1 mm. diameter, white throughout, clothed with cylindrical, obtuse, often slightly capitate, thin-walled, septate, hyaline, finely granulate hairs which are 25-35 x 3-3.5 µ on the flanks but up to 75 x 5.5 µ at the margin. Asci cylindric-clavate, pore blued by Melzer's reagent, 8-spored, 70 x 6 µ; ascospores irregularly biseriate, fusoid, 14-18 x 2-2.5 µ; paraphyses lanceolate, up to 3 µ wide, with oily contents, protruding about 10 µ beyond the asci.

in Filicibus, Dunedin et Chedder Britanniae.

Nivea, stipitata, sparsa; cupulis 0.1-0.9 mm. lat., parvulis, villosis, turbinatis, in stipitem brevem productis; ascis clavato-cylindricis; sporidiis fusiformibus, biseriatis, guttulatis, demum pseudo-septatis 15-20 x 2-3; paraphysibus elongato-fusiformibus, acutis.

Pili septati, leves, apice granuloso-capitati.