Phylum:Chytridiomycota >> Class: Chytridiomycetes >> Order: Chytridiales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Rhizophydium chaetiferum | |||
Author: | Rhizophydium chaetiferum Sparrow, Occ. Papers Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 8:295. 1937. |
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Description: | On pine pollen: Sporangium epibiotic, spherical, 15-17 μm in diameter, the upper two thirds of the wall with long, branched or unbranched hairs. After discharged, sporangium formed widening aperture. On 1/4YpSs agar: Young sporangium without hairs, mature sporangium with long, branched or unbranched hairs. Rhizoidal system delicate, arising from one thread-like main axis. Zoospores spherical 3-4 μm in diameter, escaping upon the deliquescence of the vesicle, amoeboid movement when water was limiting. Resting spore spherical or subspherical. Color of colony buff to brown. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan. Taipei: Pinghsi, water from stream, 16 Jul. 1992, NTNU 101d; Pitan, water from stream, 31 Jul. 1993, NTNU 1401; Yilan: Shuanglienpyi, water from pond, 3 Oct. 1992, NTNU 601b; Hapen, water from pond, 27 Mar. 1993, NTNU 809c; Kaohsiung: Chokouhsi, water from stream, 28 Jan. 1993, NTNU 902b. Isolated on pine pollen from water samples. |
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Habitat: | Fresh water. | |||
Distribution: | USA, Czechoslovakia, Taiwan. |
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References: | Chen, SF and Chien, CY. 1995. |
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Provided: | S. F. Chen |
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Note: | Sporangium with long hairs is the main character. Ubiquitous. | |||