Phylum:Zygomycota >> Class: Zygomycetes >> Order: Mucorales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Gongronella butleri | |||
Author: | Basionym: Absidia butleri Lendner, Bull. Soc. Bot. Geneve II. 18:181. 1926. Gongronella butleri (Lendner) Peyronel & Dal Vesco, Allionia 2: 370. 1955. |
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Description: | Colony growing slowly on SMA, about 3-5mm high with white turf. Sporangiophores 2.1-3.1 μm wide, hyaline, smooth to very faintly roughened, always with a septum under the apophysis beneath the sporangium, branching simply or irregularily. Rhizoids present. Sporangia globose, 16.6 -22.7 in diam, with thin, smooth and easily dissolved wall. Apophyses oval, 7.0-10.3 μm in length and 8.0-8.7 μm in diam with smooth surfaces. Columella reduced, hemispherical to dome-shaped, smooth, 2.1-4.2 μm in height, with collar around the base. Sporangiospores oval to flattened on one side to reniform, smooth, 2.5-7.2 × 1.7-4.7 μm in size. Chlamydospores observed in substrate mycelium, globose to ovoid with smooth surfaces, 4.9-6.8 × 4.6-10.7 μm in size. Homothallic. Zygosporangium globose, 16-36 μm in diam, roughened with warts about 2μm in height, with two nearly eaual suspensors. | |||
Specimens: | S00301, isolated from soil, Miaoli county, Aug. 1990. |
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Habitat: | null | |||
Distribution: | Australia; India; Italy; Taiwan; UK; USA. |
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References: | Hesseltine, CW. and Ellis, JJ. 1964; Ho, HM. and Chen, ZC. 1990; Zycha, H. et al. 1969. |
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Provided: | H. M. Ho |
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Note: | The author identified this isolate as a member of Gongronella based on the following distinguished characters: rhizoids present; swollen, globose apophyses growing beneath sporangia and having reduced columella. Furthermore, this isolate has oval sporangiospores and erect sporangiophores, which can distinguish this species from the closet species Gongronella lacrispora Hesseltine & Ellis. | |||