 Phylum：Zygomycota >> Class： Zygomycetes >> Order： Mucorales |
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 BCRC Number： |
32487 32483 | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Mucor recurvus var. recurvus | |||
| Author： |
Mucor recurvus Butler var. recurvus, Mycologia 44: 561. 1952. |
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| Description： |
Colonies gray, up to 26 mm in height, filling Petri dish at 20°C in 5 days; sporangiophores 7.5-15.0 μm in diam, branched monopodially or sympodially; transitorily recurved when young, straight at maturity, with or without yellow contents; sporangia globose, pale yellow when young, brownish-yellow at maturity, 40-130 μm in diam, with encrusted, deliquescent spiny walls; columellae subglobose, applanate or conical, irregular in shap, 25.0-53.8 × 25.0-65.0 μm with yellowish contents and collars mainly composed of needle-shaped crystals; sporangiospores oval or ellipsoidal, 3.9-4.9 μm in diam (L/B=1.3-2.0); growth and sporulation from 10°C to 40°C, optimum growth temperature at 30°C. | |||
| Specimens： |
BCRC 32483, from soil, Taiwan, Taitung; BCRC 32487, from soil, Taiwan, Mainaon. |
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| Habitat： |
soil, decaying wood, diseased root of Fragaria sp., | |||
| Distribution： |
Taiwan, Macedonia, USA, Australia, |
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| References： |
Liou, GY et al. 1993; Schipper, MAA 1973. |
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| Provided： |
C. Y. Chien and G. Y. Liou |
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| Note： |
This species can be recognized by its sporangiophores which are at first bent, but later become erect, and the smaller sporangia. | |||