 Phylum：Anamorphic fungi >> Class： Anamorphic fungi >> Order： Anamorphic fungi |
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NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Hirsutella formicarum | |||
| Author： |
Hirsutella formicarum Petch, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 19: 183. 1935. |
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| Description： |
Synnemata cylindrical, acute to acuminate, tomentose, dark brown (7F4-5), brownish grey to greyish brown (7F2-3) towards the apex, 6.5-15.3 mm long, 0.3-0.7 mm thick, composed of compact longitudinal more or less interwoven brown hyphae. Hyphae septate, smooth- but slightly thick-walled, sometimes slightly swollen near the septa, 3.2-7.1 μm wide. Co-nidiophores arising from the hyphae of synnemata, integrated, septate, hyaline, smooth-walled, mostly simple, sometimes dichotomously branched. Conidiogenous cells erect, monophialidic, hyaline, smooth, cylindrical to ampullifrom, base somewhat inflated, 5.6-11.5 × 3.2-4.4 μm, abruptly tapering forming a thin long neck, 19.1-29.4 μm long, 0.8-2.0 μm wide. Conidia hyaline, smooth, ovoid to broadly fusiform, apiculate, 4.7-6.3 ×2.4-2.9 μm. Teleomorph: Cordyceps unilateralis. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Nantou County, Yuchih, Lienhuachih, on ants, Polyrhachis sp., Formicinae, Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Hy.38, 9 Sep 1994. |
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| Habitat： |
on ants. | |||
| 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. | |||