Phylum:Ascomycota >> Class: Ascomycetes >> Order: Sordariales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Acanthonitschkea pulchella | |||
Author: | Acanthonitschkea pulchella (Sacc. ) Nannfeldt., Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 69:320. 1975. Basionym:Neotrotteria pulchella Sacc., Bull. Orto Bot. R. Univ. Napoli 6:45 1918. |
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Description: | Subiculum prominent, developed on the surface of the bark, hyphae spiny and branched. Ascosmata superficial on the subiculum, densely gregarious, globose, 390-468 μm in diam., collabent on drying to form cupulate shape, setae around the wall surface, dark brown, simple, up to 234 μm long. Peridium 49-68 μm thick, composed of two layers of pseudoparenchymatous cells, the outer layer brown, polygonal with 7-10-layered cells,the inner layer hyaline, flattened with 3 to 5 layered cells, with Munk pores between adjacent cells. A dome-like Quellkörper at the apex of the centrum is present. Asci basal on a large cushion, broadly clavate long-stalked, 64-spored, 98-127 × 10-13 μm. Ascospores, elliptical, straight or slightly curved, 1-celled, guttulate at each end, hyaline, 6-10 × 2-3 μm. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Taichung, Kukuan, 17 July, 1990,NCHUPP-2273. |
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Habitat: | On stems of Lycium chinense Mill. | |||
Distribution: | null |
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References: | Chen, CY and Hsieh, WH. 1994; Nannfeldt, JA. 1975. |
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Provided: | W. H. Hsieh |
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Note: | Disetribution: Tropical Africa, Malaya, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, North Vietnam. This species is reported to have asci 32-spores and aseptate ascospores. However, the Taiwan specimen has 64-spores in each ascus and the ascospores are 0-1seatate. | |||