from Rev. James Mitchell, New Zealand

Globose, black, about an inch in diameter, surface smooth, black, the ostioles not protruding nor visible to the eye. Perithecia broad, elongate, contiguous, forming a peripheral layer. Context brown, carbonous, not at all zoned. This is similar to Hypoxylon fissum (Vol. 7, page 1121, Fig. 2141). Same size, perithecia, context and spores; but this has no sign of a thick reddish conidial layer found on the American plant. It may however be the same, but we would not be justified in so referring especially as long as each is known from each country from a single collection. At any rate both are very rare in their respective countries.