Phylum:Anamorphic fungi >> Class: Anamorphic fungi >> Order: Anamorphic fungi | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Arthrobotrys dactyloides | |||
Author: | Newly proposed epiphet: Drechslerella dactyloides (Drechsler) M. Scholler, Hagedorn & A. Rubner, Sydowia 51: 99. 1999. (MycoBank). Arthrobotrys dactyloides Drechsler, Mycologia 29: 486. 1937.. |
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Description: | Vegetative hyphae hyaline, septate, 2?5 μm in diam; conidiophores hyaline, septate, erect, 250?400 μm in height, 4?6 μm in diam at the base, tapering gradually upward, bearing sterigmata at the tip; sterigmata 0.8?4.0 × 2?3 μm; bearing 4?12 conidia in a single loose head; conidia hyaline, elongate ellipsoidal, straight or slightly curved, tapering from broadly rounded wider distal end toward the narrow truncate basal end, single septum, 32?45 × 6?10 μm, trapping nematodes by means of circular rings, producing underneath and at the right angles to their respective axes approximately circular rings, 22?30 μm in diameter, composed individually of 3 arcuate cells. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Pingtung County, Haifong, soil, 25 Apr. 1990, E001 (BCRC 32756). J. Y. Liou |
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Habitat: | soil | |||
Distribution: | Canada, Germany, South Africa, Taiwan, USA |
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References: | Tzean, SS. et al. 1997; Scholler, M. et al. 1999. |
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Provided: | G. Y. Liou, S. S. Tzean and J. Y. Liou |
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Note: | Drechslerella dactyloides is characterized by its trapping devices and 1-septate, elongate- ellipsoidal conidia which borne in a terminal cluster at apex of a conidiophore. | |||