Notes: This collection from New Zealand is grouped in a monophyletic clade consisting of this and the three species L. magna, L. obscura and L. sulcata; all are characterised by 3-septate, ellipsoidal-fusiform, slightly inequilateral ascospores. It is most similar to L. sulcata, which also originates from New Zealand, in morphology of ascospores and conidia but differs in shorter ascospores and asci. For comparison of this clade at theRNA structural level see Discussion. The specimen M.R. 2953 was scarce and contained only a few ascomata; because no material is left after isolation and examination, and the culture is no longer available, this specimen is labelled Lentomitella sp. for the time being and its morphological description, illustration and DNA sequences are published in this study.
Specimen examined: New Zealand, South Island, Southland Distr., Catlins Coastal Rain Forest park, Haldane, Kiwi Walk along the Waipohatu stream, at the end of Waipohatu Road, 11 km W of Waikawa, 14 Mar. 2005, on decaying wood, M.R. 2953/NZ 500.