 Phylum：Zygomycota >> Class： Zygomycetes >> Order： Zoopagales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Syncephalis cf. ventricosa | |||
| Author： |
Syncephalis cf. ventricosa van Tieghem, Ann. Sc. Nat. 6. ser. 1, 132-135. 1875. |
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| Description： |
Sporangiophores simple, 80-147 µm high, the narrowest part just beneath the fertile head, about 2-5 µm in diameter, thickening toward the base, with widest portion about 7.5-10 µm in diameter. The basal part of sporangiophore becoming subglobose, 7.5-17.7 µm in diameter. Fertile head hyaline, oval, globose, 7.5-12.5 × 7.5-13.0 µm. Merosporangia growing over the upper half surface, 4-5 spores in each merosporangium. Spores hyaline, cylindrical, ellipsoidal, 2.5-3 × 2-2.5 µm. | |||
| Specimens： |
SKT0103, soil from Kenting National Park, Pingtong, Jan. 2000. |
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| Habitat： |
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| Distribution： |
France; Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Benjamin, RK. 1959; Ho. HM. 2003; Tieghem, P. van. 1875. |
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| Provided： |
H. M. Ho |
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| Note： |
The author identified this isolate to be S. cf. ventricosa, mainly based on its swollen basal portion of the sporangiophore. Moreover, this isolate has the following common characters with van Tieghem’s S. ventricosa (1875): the height of sporangiophores and the size of spores. However, this isolate produces cylindrical, ellipsoidal spores, but van Tieghem’s fungi produce globose spores. | |||