Phylum:Zygomycota >> Class: Zygomycetes >> Order: Mucorales | ||||
BCRC Number: | 32488 32478 | |||
Scientific Name: | Mucor flavus | |||
Author: | Mucor flavus Bainier, Bull. Soc. Mycol. Fr. 19:157. 1903. |
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Description: | Colonies olive-buff, up to 26 mm in height, 60 mm in diam at 20°C in 5 days; sporangiophores 10.0-30.0 μm in diam, constricted next to sporangium, branched monopodially or sympodially, very short sporangiophores may arise from the substrate; sporangia globose, gray when young, gray-brown at maturity, 120-210 μm in diam, with deliquescent spiny walls; columellae subglobose to ellipsoidal, 32.5-75.0 × 37.5-105.0 μm, with brownish contents and small collars; sporangiospores ellipsoidal to cylindrical, 2.9-7.8 × 9.8-14.7 μm (L/B=1.4-2.6); growth and sporulation from 5°C to 35°C, optimum temperature at 25°C. | |||
Specimens: | BCRC 32478, from soil, Taiwan, Taipei; BCRC 32488, from Taiwan. |
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Habitat: | soil, forest litter, dung of roe, dung of mouse, dung of wood mouse, dung of peacock, bone of Talpa europaea. | |||
Distribution: | Russia, Chile, Netherlands, Germany, Ukraine, India, USA, Antarctica, Belgium, Austria, Finland, Czechoslovakia, England, Taiwan. |
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References: | Liou, GY et al. 1993; Schipper, MAA 1975 |
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Provided: | C. Y. Chien and G. Y. Liou |
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Note: | This species is distingushed by its ellipsoidal sporangiospores and 7μm in length. | |||