 Phylum：Anamorphic fungi >> Class： Anamorphic fungi >> Order： Anamorphic fungi |
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 BCRC Number： |
33166 | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Penicillium crustosum | |||
| Author： |
Subgenus: Penicillium Penicillium crustosum Thom, Penicillia: 399. 1930. |
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| Description： |
CYA, 25°C, 7 days: colony diameters 29-35 mm, dense, sulcate, velutinous, center raised, somewhat floccose or funiculose, margin entire, narrow; mycelium white; conidiogenesis abundant, greyish green (27-28D-E3-5) or dull green (25-26C-E3-4); exudate clear; soluble pigment absent; reverse yellowish grey greyish yellow or light blond (4B-C2-3), greyish yellow (4B4-5)or yellowish white (4A2). MEA, 25°C, 7 days: colony diameters 32-40 mm, plane, velutinous, margin entire, narrow; mycelium white; conidiogenesis abundant, dull green (26D3-4); exudate lacking; soluble pigment pale to pastel yellow (3A3-4); reverse yellowish white to pale yellow (3A2-3), greyish yellow (3B4-5) or light blond to blond (4C3-4). G25N, 25°C, 7 days: colony diameters 13-15 mm, center somewhat raised, sulcate, velutinous, margin more or less floccose, entire, narrow; mycelium white; conidiogenesis abundant, greyish to dull green (26-27C-D3-4); exudate and soluble pigment absent; reverse yellowish grey to light yellow (4A-B2-4). CYA, 5°C, 7 days: germination with limited growth. CYA, 37°C, 7 days: no germination. Conidiophores and conidia: conidiophores on MEA borne from superficial and aerial myce-lium; stipes septate, 70-300 × 3.2-4.0 μm, distinctly roughened, thin walled; penicilli mostly terverticillate occasionally quaterverticillate; rami roughened, in group of 1-2, 8.0-30.4 × 3.2-4.0 μm; ramuli roughened, 11.7-13.6 × 3.5-4.0 μm; metulae in verticils of 2-6, ampulliform, smooth, 8.8-11.2 × 2.4-3.2 μm, collula gradually tapering; conidia broadly ellipsoidal, less often subglobose, 2.8-4.2 × 2.6-3.5 μm, smooth, thick-walled, borne in defined or occasionally irregular columns. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Penghu County, from peanut seed, 1 Aug 1990. |
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| Habitat： |
from peanut seed. | |||
| Distribution： |
Taiwan, Australia, Canada. |
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| References： |
Tzean, SS et al. 1994. |
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| Provided： |
S. S. Tzean and S. C. Chiu |
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| Note： |
rare species in this study, but very common elsewhere sensu Pitt (37), voucher cul-ture CCRC 33166. | |||