Phylum:Anamorphic fungi >> Class: Anamorphic fungi >> Order: Anamorphic fungi | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Akanthomyces novoguineensis | |||
Author: | Akanthomyces novoguineensis Samson & Brady, Trans. Brit. mycol. Soc. 79: 571. 1982. |
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Description: | Host covered by yellowish white to light yellow (4A2-4) mycelium from which numerous (up to 50) aculeate synnemata arise. Mycelium hyaline, smooth-walled, 2.4-4.6 μm wide, hyphae sometimes slightly swollen and bearing solitary, globose, 4.4-5.6 μm diam. Phialides, with sharply constricted necks. Synnemata arising from all parts of the host, white to yellowish white, narrowing to an acuminate apex, 0.7-4.7 mm long, 110-350 μm wide, bearing phialides in a hymenium along the whole length. Hyphae septate, hyaline, smooth or slightly rough, 2.6-5.0 μm wide. Phialides consisting of a globose to subglobose venter, hyaline, smooth, 5.2-7.1 × 4.8-6.0 μm, constricted abruptly to a distinct, narrow neck, 1.4-1.8 × 0.8-1.6 μm. Conidia in short chains, one-celled, hyaline, smooth-walled, narrowly cylindrical to fusiform, sometimes apiculate at one or both ends, occasionally curved, 6.4-11.1 × 1.4-2.9 μm. Teleomorph not observed. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Nantou County, Yuchih, Lienhuachih, on spider, Arach-nida, Ar.29, 5 Sep 1990, Tzy-Mei Lin; same location, on spider, Arachnida, Ar.33, 29 Sep 1990, W. J. Wu; Nantou County, Chushan, Shanlinchi, on spider, Arachnida, Ar.43, 10 May 1991, L. S. Hsieh. |
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Habitat: | on spider, Arachnida. | |||
Distribution: | Taiwan, Papua New Guivea, Keyavat, Australia, Queensland. |
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References: | Tzean, SS et al. 1997. |
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Provided: | S. S. Tzean and L. S. Hsieh |
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Note: | newly recorded species. | |||