A new species of Neosartorya, N. primulina Udagawa, Toyazaki et Tsubou
chi, isolated from a canned oolong tea beverage in Japan, is described
and illustrated. This fungus is characterized by its restricted growt
h on Czapek agar, chalky-buff ascomata, and lenticular ascospores with
a very irregular ornamentation composed of several narrow crests and
verrucose hemispheres.