 Phylum：Anamorphic fungi >> Class： Anamorphic fungi >> Order： Anamorphic fungi |
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 BCRC Number： |
32116 | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Aspergillus giganteus | |||
| Author： |
Aspergillus giganteus Wehmer, Pilzgatt, Aspergillus, p. 85-87. 1901. |
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| Description： |
Colony diameters on Czapek’s Agar 5.5-6.0 cm in 10 days at 25°C; conidial heads gnaphal-ium green to artemisia green (R., Plate XLVII), radiate, or splitting into columns; reverse orange-white to dull green; vesicles clavate, 16.0-64.0 μm wide; stipes smooth, uncolored, 56-1120 × 7.2-32.0 μm. Aspergilla uniseriate, phialides 4.8-12.0 × 2.4-5.6 μm, covering the entire surface of the vesicle. Conidia ellipsoidal, smooth, 3.2-4.8 × 2.8-4.0 μm. Colony diameters on Malt Extract Agar 6.5-7.0 cm in 10 days at 25°C; mycelium white. Conidial heads subglobose or splitting into well defined columns, light olive-gray to deep olive-gray (R., Plate LI); with short-stalked heads, with long stipes up to 5 mm when illu-minated; reverse uncolored to pale dirty cream. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Pingtung Pref., less common species from soil, 15 Oct 1987 (CCRC 32116); dung, Taipei City, 10 Nov 1989. |
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| Habitat： |
from soil and dung. | |||
| Distribution： |
Taiwan, Mexico, USA. |
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| References： |
Tzean, SS et al. 1990. |
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| Provided： |
S. S. Tzean and J. L. Chen |
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| Note： |
Stipes are very long and clavate, bearing phialides only. A. giganteus differs from A. clavatus by longer stipes and much larger vesicles. | |||