 Phylum：Anamorphic fungi >> Class： Anamorphic fungi >> Order： Anamorphic fungi |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Akanthomyces aranearum | |||
| Author： |
Akanthomyces aranearum (Petch) Mains, Mycologia 42: 574. 1950. |
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| Description： |
Host covered by white, yellowish white (4A2) to greyish yellow (4B2-3) mycelium from which numerous (about 12) synnemata arise. Synnemata arising from all parts of the host, clavate, 0.8-1.8 mm long, slender, 62-74 μm thick below, simple or occasionally slightly branched, sometimes pubescent below, dark brown (7F5-7) to brown (7E6-7), becoming yellowish white (4A2) to orange white (5A2) towards the upper fertile portion, composed of parallel hyphae. Hyphae of synnema smooth-walled, hyaline to orange (6A7), dark orange (5A8), sometimes swollen, 3.2-6.0 μm wide. Phialides scattered, forming a dense layer on the outer synnematal hyphae, consisting of a globose to ellipsoid venter, hyaline to greenish white (30A2), 5.3-12.1 × 3.8-6.3 μm, asperulate to verrucose, abruptly narrowing into a short, smooth neck, 0.8-2.0 μm long, 0.8-1.6 μm wide. Conidia narrowly obclavate, often acute at the lower end, narrowing upward, rounded or obtuse at the upper end, one-celled, hyaline, smooth, catenulate, 4.4-11.4 × 1.9-2.6 μm. Teleomorph not observed. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Taipei County, Wulai, on spider, Arachnida, Ar.45, 27 Jun. 1991, L. S. Hsieh. |
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| Habitat： |
on spider, Arachnida. | |||
| Distribution： |
Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Tzean, SS et al. 1997. |
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| Provided： |
S. S. Tzean and L. S. Hsieh |
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| Note： |
newly recorded species. | |||