 Phylum：Chytridiomycota >> Class： Chytridiomycetes >> Order： Chytridiales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Rhizophydium haynaldii | |||
| Author： |
Rhizophydium haynaldii (Schaarschmidt) Fischer, Rabenhorst. Kryptogamen-Fl. 1:92. 1892. |
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| Description： |
On pine pollen: Sporangium epibiotic, spherical, 15-40 μm in diameter, or irregularly shaped, with 5-8 papillae or discharge tubes, tubular diameter about 2.5 μm, up to 10μm long; the wall of tubes remained intact after discharge. Zoospores 2.5-3.7 μm in diameter, individually released over 2 to 5 min period and becoming motile about 30s after release, movement hopping. Resting spore spherical, 6-15 μm diameter, thick-walled. On 1/4YpSs agar: Small sporangia varied in shape whereas large sporangia from spherical to subspherical, papillae protruding. Rhizoids fine, arising from one to three axes on sporangium base or from knob-like extension of sporangium base. Color of colony buff to off-white. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan. Nantou: Puli, waterfall, 20 Jul. 1992, NTNU 201a. Isolated on pine pollen from water sample, |
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| Habitat： |
Fresh water. | |||
| Distribution： |
Hungary, Arctic Region, Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Barr, DJS. 1973; Chen, SF and Chien, CY. 1995. |
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| Provided： |
S. F. Chen |
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| Note： |
Papillae protruding is the main character. Sporangial base with axes or knob-like extension. The characters are similar to Barr's (1973) description. | |||