Phylum:Ascomycota >> Class: Ascomycetes >> Order: Halosphaeriales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Aniptodera chesapeakensis | |||
Author: | Aniptodera chesapeakensis Shearer & M. A. Miller, Mycologia 69: 894. 1977. |
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Description: | Ascomata 153-311 μm high, 150-271 μm in diameter, solitary, globose to subglobose, superficial to immersed, ostiolate, papillate, membranous, hyaline, becoming greyish brown with age. Necks 98-581 μm long, 43-98 μm in diameter, cylindrical, centric, periphysate, sometimes subapical portion of the neck becoming dark brown, forming a ring around the neck. Peridium 8-17 μm thick, catenophyses present. Asci 95-117 × 20-22 μm, eight-spored, clavate, short pedunculate, unitunicate, thin-walled, slightly thicker at the apex with a simple pore, retraction of cytoplasm in the subapical region. Ascospores 20-33 × 9-13 μm, ellipsoidal, one-septate, hyaline, not constricted at septum, thick-walled, with or without appendages. Appendages when present 8-20 × 2.5-5 μm, bipolar, initially appressed closely to one side of the spore, later uncoil to form a long thread when in contact with water. | |||
Specimens: | Mangrove wood, Miaoli, Tunghsiao, 14 Jul. 1990, TS0714-2, 28 Sep. 1991, TS0928-3; Chiayi, Tungshih, 18 Feb. 1992, TH0218-3; 16 May. 1992, TH0516-3; Taipei, Pali, 7 Oct. 1989, PL781007-3; mangrove leaves, Chiayi, Tungshih, 18 Feb. 1992, TH0218ML; driftwood, Ilan, Toucheng, 2 Aug. 1992, TC0802-3. |
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Habitat: | Saprobic on fallen leaves and submerged dead branches of mangrove, driftwood (bamboo). | |||
Distribution: | USA; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Belize; Thailand; Malaysia; Seychelles Islands; Sri Lanka; Brunei; Singapore. |
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References: | Shearer, CA and Miller, M. 1977;Hsieh, SY et al., 2002. |
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Provided: | S. Y. Hsieh |
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Note: | null | |||