COMMENTS: Dictyosporium acroinflatum is characterised by pale brown conidia with tapering rows of cells that are often partly or wholly uncemented and overlap each other irregularly. The septa are constricted and cell rows are frequently terminated by hyaline, globose, swollen apices.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: NEW ZEALAND, North Island, Auckland Region, Hunua Ranges, Wairou-Cosseys Track, on decaying leaves of Freycinetia banksii, 9 May 1996, S.R. Whitton HKU(M)12748 (IFRD209-007); North Island, Auckland Region, Waitakere Ranges, Spraggs Track, on decaying leaves of F. banksii, 23 May 1996, S.R. Whitton HKU(M)12746 (IFRD209-005); North Island, Kapiti Coast, north of Paraparaumu, Nikau Reserve, on decaying leaves of F. banksii, 2 June 1996, S.R. Whitton HKU(M)12749 (IFRD8993, holotype); North Island, Kapiti Coast, north of Paraparaumu, Nikau Reserve, on decaying leaves of F. banksii, 1 July 1996, S.R. Whitton HKU(M)12747 (IFRD209-006).