Phylum：Chytridiomycota　>>　Class： Chytridiomycetes　>>　 Order： Chytridiales 
   
 
　BCRC Number： NO BCRC Number!  
   
　Scientific Name： Rhizophydium chaetiferum
 
   
   
　Author：

Rhizophydium chaetiferum Sparrow, Occ. Papers Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 8:295. 1937.
   
 
 
 
 
　Description： On pine pollen: Sporangium epibiotic, spherical, 15-17 μm in diameter, the upper two thirds of the wall with long, branched or unbranched hairs. After discharged, sporangium formed widening aperture. On 1/4YpSs agar: Young sporangium without hairs, mature sporangium with long, branched or unbranched hairs. Rhizoidal system delicate, arising from one thread-like main axis. Zoospores spherical 3-4 μm in diameter, escaping upon the deliquescence of the vesicle, amoeboid movement when water was limiting. Resting spore spherical or subspherical. Color of colony buff to brown.
 
 
 
 
 
　Specimens：

Taiwan. Taipei: Pinghsi, water from stream, 16 Jul. 1992, NTNU 101d; Pitan, water from stream, 31 Jul. 1993, NTNU 1401; Yilan: Shuanglienpyi, water from pond, 3 Oct. 1992, NTNU 601b; Hapen, water from pond, 27 Mar. 1993, NTNU 809c; Kaohsiung: Chokouhsi, water from stream, 28 Jan. 1993, NTNU 902b. Isolated on pine pollen from water samples.
 
 
 
　Habitat： Fresh water.
 
 
 
　Distribution：

USA, Czechoslovakia, Taiwan.
 
 
 
　References：

Chen, SF and Chien, CY. 1995.
   
   
   
　Provided：

S. F. Chen
 
 
　Note： Sporangium with long hairs is the main character. Ubiquitous.