 Phylum：Ascomycota >> Class： Ascomycetes >> Order： Dothideales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Gloniella bambusae | |||
| Author： |
Gloniella bambusae Zogg, Beitr. Kryptogamenfl. Schweiz 11:78. 1962. |
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| Description： |
Ascomata hysterothecia, single, ovate to elongated, 140-206 μm high, 148-234 μm wide, straight, erumpent, becoming superficial, opening by a sunken longitudinal slit, with a flattened base. Peridium 27-47 μm wide, carbonaceous, composed of several layers of small, dark, black, thick-walled, polygonal pseudoparenchymatous cells, with pale brown hyphae at the base penetrating the outer layer of epidermal cells. Pseudoparaphyses 0.8-1.6 μm wide, branched, hyaline, anastomosing around the ascomatal opening. Asci 84-100 × 18-22 μm, bitunicate, basal, clavate, shortly stipitate, 8-spored. Ascospores 34-43.5 × 4-7 μm, fusoid, straight or lightly curved, hyaline, biseriate in the ascus, phragmosporous, 1-7 septate, constricted at middle primary septum, surrounded by gelatinous sheath. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Nantou County, Kuantaochi, May, 1999, NCHUPP-2571. |
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| Habitat： |
On bamboo. | |||
| Distribution： |
Brazil, Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Wang, CL. 2000; Zogg, H. 1962. |
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| Provided： |
W. H. Hsieh |
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| Note： |
The ascospores of the species described from Brazil are 6-8 septate and (28)32 - 38(44) × (3)4-8(9) μm, while the ascospores in Taiwan are 1-7 septate. | |||