 Phylum：Chytridiomycota >> Class： Chytridiomycetes >> Order： Chytridiales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Rhizophydium macroporosum | |||
| Author： |
Rhizophydium macroporosum Karling, Sydowia 20:76-77. 1967. |
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| Description： |
On 1/4YpSs agar: Sporangia sessile, spherical, 30-130 μm in diam., or pyriform, usually with one to six exit papillae that located on the upper port of the sporangium. Rhizoids arising from base of sporangia, and extending for distance up to 200 μm. Zoospores spherical, 4.5-6 μm in diam., with a minute refractive globule, emerging slowly from 2-4 exit papillae simultaneously and surrounded by a hyaline matrix. Colony with cream to brown in color. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan. Taipei: Taishan lake, 2 Dec. 1993, NTNU S05a. Isolated on pine pollen from mud. |
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| Habitat： |
Mud. | |||
| Distribution： |
New Zealand, Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Chen, SF and Chien, CY. 1996; Karling, JS. 1967. |
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| Provided： |
S. F. Chen |
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| Note： |
This species is recorded as new to Taiwan. This species possesses fairly large number and great size of the exit papillae. The slow emergence of the zoospores are simultaneously from several papillae. These characters are similar to Karling's (1967) description. | |||