 Phylum：Ascomycota >> Class： Ascomycetes >> Order： Sordariales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Apiospora montagnei | |||
| Author： |
Apiospora montagnei Saccardo, Nuovo G., Bot. Ital. 7: 306. 1875. Basionym: Spaheria apiospora Dur. et, Mont.- Flore d’Algérie 1:482 1846. |
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| Description： |
Stromata immerse, sbepidermal and erumpent through the epidermis which split longitudinally to expose the apex of stromata, elongated up to 8 mm, composed of 1 to 2 rows of closely packed perithecia. The cells of stromata are pseudoparenchymatous, the lower cells hyaline, larger, and the upper cells brown, smaller and indistinct. Ascomata globose with papillate ostioles, 143-273 μm in diam., wall composed of 7 to 9 layers of polygonal pseudoparenchymatous cells, 10-16 μm wide, the apex thickened by stromatic tissue up to 78 μm. Asci unitunicate, clavate to broadly cylindrical, 8-spored, 103-129 × 17-25 μm. Paraphyses broadly filiform up to 9 μm wide, septate, deliquescent early. Ascospores hyaline, elliptical, inequilateral, narrower at both ends, 25 -31 × 9-11 μm, with one septum near the lower end, the lower smaller cell subglobose, about 6 μm in diam. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Taichung Hsien, Nanhutashan, 3 Nov., 1991, NCHUPP-2269. |
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| Habitat： |
On bamboo. | |||
| Distribution： |
Cosmopolitan. |
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| References： |
Chen, CY and Hsieh, WH. 1994; Dennis, RWG.. 1978. |
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| Provided： |
W. H. Hsieh |
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| Note： |
The species occurs on different hosts of Gramineae. According to Dennis (1977) it is very common in the Mediteranean region, with its Arthrinium anamorph around stroma. The Arthrinium anamorph is very common in Taiwan specimens | |||