 Phylum：Basidiomycota >> Class： Basidiomycetes >> Order： Tremellales |
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 BCRC Number： |
22974 | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Bullera begoniae | |||
| Author： |
Bullera begoniae Nakase et al., Syst. Mycoscience 45: 287-294. 2004. |
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| Description： |
Growth in YM broth: After 5 days at 25˚C vegetative cells are ovoidal, ellipsoidal, elongate, cocoon-shaped or bottle-shaped, (3.0-5.5) × (3.5-8.0) μm, single, in pairs, in clusters or in chains (Fig. 3A). Incomplete ring and sediment are formed. After 2 weeks at 25℃, a ring and a sediment are present. Growth on YM agar: After 2 weeks at 25˚C, the streak culture is pale yellow to brownish-gray, smooth to delicately wrinkled near the bottom of the tube, dull, butyrous, and has an entire margin. Dalmau plate culture on corn meal agar: Primitive pseudomycelium is abundantly formed. Formation of ballistoconidia: Ballistoconidia are abundantly produced on corn meal agar, (4.0-8.5) × (4.5- 9.5) μm. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Ilan: Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Fu-Shan Experimental Forest, leaf of Begonia formosana (Hayata) Masamune. May 1997, BCRC 22974 (Type strain). |
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| Habitat： |
Leaf of Begonia formosana (Hayata) Masamune. | |||
| Distribution： |
Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Nakase, T et al. 2003. |
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| Provided： |
F. L. Lee |
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| Note： |
The specific epithet of this species is derived from the name of plant from which it was isolated. In the conventional taxonomic characteristics, this species resembles Bullera crocea and known species of B. variabilis cluster. However, the former species produces orange colored colonies on agar media and is easily discriminated from B. begoniae in this respect. Bullera begoniae is distinguished from known species of B. variabilis cluster in the lack of assimilation of inositol. | |||