 Phylum：Zygomycota >> Class： Zygomycetes >> Order： Zoopagales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Syncephalis tenuis | |||
| Author： |
Syncephalis tenuis Thaxter, Bot. Gaz. 24:12. 1897. |
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| Description： |
Vegetative hyphae slender, hyaline. Sporophores smooth, hyaline, unbranched, straightly erect, usually single or in groups up to four, attached to the substrate by short, stout, branched rhizoid, 170-305 µm high (rhizoid not included), 5.5-7.8 µm wide at the broadest point near the base, tapering gradually to 4.0-5.0 µm wide below the fertile head. Fertile head oval, with a slightly compressed top, 12.5-25.0 × 7.5-17.5 µm, bearing 5-7 (8) merosporangia on its upper surface. When mature, the spore head turning into a liquid drop. One merosporangium bearing two spores, the upper one budding from the basal one. Spores cylindrical with truncate ends, 18-25 × 7.5-10 µm, the merosporangial wall remaining persistently on the outside of the spore appearing as a wrinkled outcoat. Prominent warts visible on the head after the release of the spores. Zygospores not observed. | |||
| Specimens： |
SJC0102, isolated from soil, Jansipau, Hsinju, Jan. 2000. |
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| Habitat： |
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| Distribution： |
India; Japan; Taiwan; UK; USA. |
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| References： |
Benjamin, RK. 1959; Ho. HM. 2002; Thaxter, R. 1897. |
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| Provided： |
H. M. Ho |
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| Note： |
Due to unsuccessful cultivation, the description of S. tenuis is based on the organism growing directly on soil plate. The present isolate agrees with the original description (Thaxter, 1897) except that the sporophores of the author’s isolate are smaller than that of Thaxter’s. | |||