MID CANTERBURY: Kowai Bush, on dead wood of Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides, 8 Apr 2001, PDD 72980; Arthur’s Pass, dead twig of Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides, 3 Feb 2002, PDD 75007; Lewis Pass, St James Walkway, dead twig of Nothofagus menziesii, 2 Feb 2002, PDD 75005.

This description applies to the anamorphic Aegeritina. Occurs on the underside of decorticated wood in damp and semi-submerged conditions. The propagules are easily detached from the substratum, white, spherical, 100–300 µm diam. They consist of tightly intertwined, septate, clamped hyphae. The propagule has projecting cystidia, to 70 × 4.0 µm, which are encrusted with crystalline material

New record from New Zealand. The propagules consist of a ball of sparingly branched, sinuous hyphae, reminiscent of Spirosphaera but bearing clamp connections. The main diagnostic character is the presence of projecting, encrusted cystidia, which are also characteristic of the Subulicystidium teleomorph. See Eriksson & Ryvarden (1984) for a description and illustration of the holomorph from European material. Hyde & Goh (1999) provided a recent description of UK material. Anon. (1998–2004) and Abdullah (1980) provide earlier records of this material from the UK. The teleomorph, Subulicystidium longisporum, has previously been reported in New Zealand. However, this collection represents the first report of the anamorph, which is a frequent inhabitant of the aero-aquatic environment.