Phylum:Ascomycota >> Class: Ascomycetes >> Order: Hypocreales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Torrubiella gonylepticida | |||
Author: | Torrubiella gonylepticida (Moller) Petch, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 21: 50. 1937. |
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Description: | Infected spider host covered with weft of mycelium, membranous, brownish orange (6C5-6), septate, hyaline, mostly smooth-walled, occasionally minutely roughened, slightly swollen near septum, 3.8-6.0 μm wide. Perithecia superficial, mostly produced on the legs, head and abdomen of the spider, scattered or clustered, ovato-conical, 180-360 ×130-210 μm, light yellow (4A4-5), orange (5A6), brownish orange (6C7) to brown (6E7-8), perithecial wall 16-24 μm thick, beset on subiculum, sometimes almost glabrous. Asci and ascospores immature. Conidial state unknown. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Yilan County, Nanao, Shenmihu, on spider, Arachnida, Ar.106, May 1995. |
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Habitat: | on spider. | |||
Distribution: | Taiwan. |
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References: | Tzean, SS et al. 1997. |
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Provided: | S. S. Tzean and L. S. Hsieh |
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Note: | newly recorded species. | |||