Phylum:Zygomycota >> Class: Zygomycetes >> Order: Mucorales | ||||
BCRC Number: | 32487 32483 | |||
Scientific Name: | Mucor recurvus var. recurvus | |||
Author: | Mucor recurvus Butler var. recurvus, Mycologia 44: 561. 1952. |
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Description: | Colonies gray, up to 26 mm in height, filling Petri dish at 20°C in 5 days; sporangiophores 7.5-15.0 μm in diam, branched monopodially or sympodially; transitorily recurved when young, straight at maturity, with or without yellow contents; sporangia globose, pale yellow when young, brownish-yellow at maturity, 40-130 μm in diam, with encrusted, deliquescent spiny walls; columellae subglobose, applanate or conical, irregular in shap, 25.0-53.8 × 25.0-65.0 μm with yellowish contents and collars mainly composed of needle-shaped crystals; sporangiospores oval or ellipsoidal, 3.9-4.9 μm in diam (L/B=1.3-2.0); growth and sporulation from 10°C to 40°C, optimum growth temperature at 30°C. | |||
Specimens: | BCRC 32483, from soil, Taiwan, Taitung; BCRC 32487, from soil, Taiwan, Mainaon. |
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Habitat: | soil, decaying wood, diseased root of Fragaria sp., | |||
Distribution: | Taiwan, Macedonia, USA, Australia, |
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References: | Liou, GY et al. 1993; Schipper, MAA 1973. |
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Provided: | C. Y. Chien and G. Y. Liou |
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Note: | This species can be recognized by its sporangiophores which are at first bent, but later become erect, and the smaller sporangia. | |||