Phylum:Basidiomycota >> Class: Ustilaginomycetes >> Order: Exobasidiales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Exobasidium hemisphaericum | |||
Author: | Exobasidium hemisphaericum Shirai, Bot. Mag. Tokyo 10: 53, 1896.. |
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Description: | Galls growing underside of leaves, white or pale red, global, ball-shape, about 8-18 × 10-23 mm. Hymenium composed of basidia, basidiospore and conidia. Basidia hyaline, cylindrical, 10 μm in width, with 4(-6) sterigmata. Sterigmata 4-5 × 1-1.8 μm in length. Basidiospores hyaline, smooth, banana-shape, ellipsoidal to obovoid, (12)13-16(17) × 3-4 μm, with 1-3 septa. Conidia hyaline, bacilliform, 5-9.5 × 0.8-1.5 μm. Basidiospores on water agar or PDA germinating from each cell with long germ tubes. Colonies on PDA pale yellow to pale orange, sticky or fragile, rubber-like, and irregular wrinkle on the surface. | |||
Specimens: | On Rhododendron pseudochrysanthum Hay.: Nantou, Ho-huan-shan, 21 Aug 2006, NTUPPM-631. |
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Habitat: | On leaves. | |||
Distribution: | Taiwan, Japan |
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References: | Sawada, K., 1931. |
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Provided: | Shih, H. H. and Hsieh, H. J. |
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Note: | null | |||