Type: Xylophilous Fungi; Description: Known only from cultures of isolates from stained sapwood associated with bark beetle tunnels. The following description is from cultures on 2% malt extract agar. Ascomata perithecial, gregarious, superficial, globose, black, 0.1–0.2 mm in diameter, ostiolate. Asci cylindrical, 55–75 × 5–8 μm. Ascospores ellipsoidal, 0-septate, 5–8 × 4–6 μm, smooth, dark brown. Conidiophores pale brown; conidiogenous cells ampulliform to cylindrical, often with a prominent collarette. Conidia ovoid, 0-septate, 2–4 × 1–3 μm, smooth, hyaline.

Distribution: Auckland.; 1st Record: Hutchison & Reid (1988b).

Significance: Causes brownish to black staining of wood.; Host(s): Pinus radiata.