The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2025-09-07.
Hymenium
Perithecioid (ostiolate perithecia), densely agglomerated, greenish-yellow to olivaceous, seated on a whitish–yellow subiculum representing an abundant asexual state
Cap
N/A (perithecial microfungus)
Spore print
N/A (minute perithecioid ascomycete; no practical spore print)
Ecology
Mycoparasitic on the pyrenomycete Bertia moriformis (on dead hardwood), gregarious on host stromata
Microscopy
Inedible (microscopic)
Fruit body
Perithecia 0.35–0.50 mm tall × 0.20–0.30 mm wide; gregarious, often in groups up to ~20
Chemical reactions
KOH (3%) negative on perithecial wall
Microscopy
Asci (8-spored) (100)120–140(150) × (5)5.5–8(9) µm, cylindrical to narrowly clavate, with distinct thickened apical cap, ascospores filiform, hyaline, 150–200 × 3–4.5 µm
Overview
Type species of Neobarya, recognized by its greenish-yellow perithecia ringed by a whitish–yellow asexual state and its host specificity for Bertia moriformis
1986). In Eriksson & Hawksworth, Syst. Ascom. 5(1): 121.