Type: Xylophilous Fungi; Description: Known only from cultures isolated from stained sapwood associated with superficial wounds or tunnels of the pinhole borer, Platypus sp. The following description is from cultures on 2% malt extract agar. Colonies effuse with a patchy slimy appearance owing to profuse production of conidia. Ascomata not found in nature but produced in culture when paired with the appropriate mating type; scattered, superficial, globose with long necks, black, 0.1–0.2 mm in diameter, perithecial necks straight or curved, black, 500–2500 μm long, ostiolar hyphae divergent, straight, 20–100 μm long, hyaline. Asci evanescent. Ascospores allantoid, 0-septate, 2–4 × 1–2 μm, smooth, hyaline. Pesotum synanamorph. Conidiophores forming a dark brown to black stipe; conidiogenous cells borne on penicillate branches, hyaline. Conidia oblong ellipsoidal, 0-septate, 3–5 × 1–2 μm, smooth, hyaline. Sporothrix synanamorph. Conidiogenous cells denticulate. Conidia produced sympodially on the denticles, oblong ellipsoidal, 0-septate, 3–8 × 1–2 μm, smooth, hyaline.

Distribution: Bay of Plenty, Nelson, Mid Canterbury, Southland.; 1st Record: Harrington et al. (2001).

Significance: Associated with stained wood in stems and roots. Pathogenicity doubtful.; Host(s): Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, Eucalyptus saligna, Pinus radiata.