 Phylum：Ascomycota >> Class： Ascomycetes >> Order： Xylariales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Amphisphaeria saccharicola | |||
| Author： |
Amphisphaeria saccharicola Sivan., Trans. Br. Mycol. Soc., 65: 397. 1975. |
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| Description： |
Ascomata immersed, solitary, globose, 585-764 μm in diam., with a papillate ostiole, with a distinct clypeus. Peridium 18-25 μm wide, composed of 8-15 layers of dark brown, flattened cells, on the otside sometimes with loosely interwoven hyphae mixed with host tissue. Asci arsing from the base e well as from the sides of the centrum, cylindrical, unitunicate, 8-spored, 152-189 × 9-10 μm, with ayloid ring, 4 μm wide and 2 μm high. Paraphyses numerous, hyaline, septatew. Ascospores uniseriate, brown, elliptical, straight or slightly curved, longitudinally striated, surrounded by mucilaginous sheath, 1-septate in the middle, and constricted at the septum, 21-30 × 8-9 μm. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Yilan,Ssuyuanakou, 17 July, 1991, NCHUPP-2270. |
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| Habitat： |
On Miscanthus sp. and on bamboo. | |||
| Distribution： |
West Indies, Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Sivanesan, A and Hsieh. WH. 1989 |
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| Provided： |
W. H. Hsieh |
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| Note： |
This species has been reported from West Indies (Sivanesan, 1975) on Saccharum, and in Taiwan on Miscanthus and Arundo (Sivanesan & Hsieh, 1989). Bamboo is a new host for this species. Ascomata in bamboo have no interwoven hyphae surrounded. | |||