Phylum:Anamorphic fungi >> Class: Anamorphic fungi >> Order: Anamorphic fungi | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Epicoccum nigrum | |||
Author: | Epicoccum nigrum Link, Magazin Ges. naturf. Freunde, Berlin 7: 32. 1815.. |
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Description: | Colonies diameter on Corn Meal Agar larger than 65 mm in 48 days at 25°C, effuse, velvety to moderately floccose, white to olive brown (4D-E4-5); reverse yellowish white to yellowish brown or brown (4A2;5E-F4-5). Sporodochia present. Mycelium partly superficial, partly immersed, composed of branched to anastomosis, septate, smooth to verruculose or verrucose, hyaline to dark brown, 1.5-6.4 μm wide hyphae. Conidiophores macronematous, mononematous, often dense clusters, sporodochia, short, erect or curved, unbranched or branched, pale yellowish brown to yellowish brown, smooth or roughened, 9.6-20.0 × 4.8-8.0 μm. Conidiogenous cells monoblastic. Conidia acrogenous, globose to subglobose, 13.0-23.8 μm, muriform, verruculose to verrucose, yellowish brown to dark brown, often with a paler protuberant basal cell. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Taipei City, air, Oct. 25 1992. TNTU 1038. leg. G. M. Nian. |
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Habitat: | air | |||
Distribution: | Taiwan, Canada, USA, Nepal, Russia, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Spain, Scotland, Poland, China, India, New Zealand, Venezuela, Uruguay, Zambia, Mexico, Malawi, Czechoslovakia, Korea, Japan, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Germany, Tanzania, Cuba, Switzerland, Australia. |
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References: | Ellis, 1971. |
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Provided: | S. S. Tzean and J. L. Chen |
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Note: | This species is characterized by producing sporodochia and branched conidiophores with monoblastic conidiogenous cells and globose to subglobose, verruculose to verrucose conidia. | |||