Type: Radicicolous Fungi; Description: Ascomata stromatic, perithecial, aggregated in groups of 5–25, deeply immersed and irregularly arranged in one to three layers in a pulvinate, erumpent, pale yellowish to yellowish orange stroma, 0.5–2 mm in diameter, depressed globose with 200–700 μm long necks, the necks projecting 0.2–0.3 mm above the surface of the stroma, black, 0.2–0.4 mm in diameter, ostiolate; on roots. Asci clavate, 25–40 × 4–7 μm. Ascospores elliptical, 1-septate, 5–10 × 2–3 μm, smooth, hyaline. Conidia allantoid, 0-septate, 3–6 × 1–1.5 μm, smooth, hyaline, exuded in pale yellowish tendrils.

Distribution: Auckland, Coromandel, Stewart Island.; 1st Record: McKenzie et al. (1999).

Significance: None. Recorded on dead and living roots and regarded as a saprobe (McKenzie et al. 1999).; Host(s): Metrosideros excelsa, M. perforata, M. robusta.