 Phylum：Chytridiomycota >> Class： Chytridiomycetes >> Order： Spizellomycetales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Spizellomyces pseudodichotomus | |||
| Author： |
Spizellomyces pseudodichotomus D. Barr, Can. J. Bot. 62:1194, 1984. |
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| Description： |
On pine pollen: Sporangium interbiotic among the pollens, spherical, 12.5-85 μm diam., or subspherical, with several discharge pores, 3 μm diam. Apophysis tubular or bulbous, 5-15μm diam. with extensive rhizoidal system up to 250 μm, tapering to blunt ends.On 1/4 YpSs agar: Sporangium spherical or subspherical, 30-75 μm diam. with 3-10 discharge papillae, 2.5 μm high, 5 μm diam.. Main rhizoidal neck isthmus-like, below tubular, 5-7.5 μm diam., inflated or bulbous, 10-17.5 μm diam.; rhizoids irregularly branched or occasionally somewhat dichotomously branched, even or uneven and tapered to blunt ends. Zoospore globose, 4-5 μm diam., or amoeboid with a conspicious lipid globule; zoospores escaping upon the dissolution of the papillae. Resting spore spherical, about 31 μm diam.; wall smooth, 2.2μm thick. Color of colony white. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan. Yunlin: garden soil, 22 Jul. 1992, NTNU S01b. Isolated on pine pollen from soil. |
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| Habitat： |
Soil. | |||
| Distribution： |
Canada, U. K., Mexico, Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Barr, DJS. 1984; Chen, SF and Chien, CY. 1998. |
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| Provided： |
S. F. Chen |
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| Note： |
This species is characterized by mature thallus with bulbous main rhizoid, and an open and short rhizoidal system that is occasionally somewhat dichotomously branched (Barr,1984). | |||