Phylum:Anamorphic fungi >> Class: Anamorphic fungi >> Order: Anamorphic fungi | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Hirsutella versicolor | |||
Author: | Hirsutella versicolor Petch, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 16: 227. 1932. |
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Description: | Infected insect host covered by weft of mycelium, margin spreading, cottony, white. Hyphae hyaline, septate, smooth-walled, sparingly branched, 3.0-5.6 μm wide. Synnemata sparse, arising from the dorsal side of host cephalothorax, erect, 1.5 mm in length, subulate, white. Conidiophores arising laterally from hyphae or synnemata, integrated, mostly monophialidic, sometimes polyphialidic, with 2-4 necks. Conidiogenous cells erect, septate, hyaline, smooth, solitary, ampulliform to subcylindrical, 20.6-46.0 μm long, base somewhat inflated, (12.7-)17.5-36.5 × 2.8-4.0 μm, mostly apex abruptly tapering, forming a thin, long, smooth or rough neck, 9.5-17.5 × 0.6-1.0 μm. Conidia hyaline, smooth, one-celled, fusiform to obovoid or obpyriform, sometimes fusiform, apiculate, produced singly or rarely in groups at the neck apex, sometimes embedded in mucous sheath, 5.6-6.4 × 2.0-3.2 μm. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Nantou County, Luku, Chitou, on leafhopper, Homoptera, Ho.280, 12 May 1995 (7 specimens); Nantou County, Jenai, Juiyenchi, on leafhopper, Ho-moptera, Ho.295, 22 Jul 1995. |
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Habitat: | on leafhopper. | |||
Distribution: | Taiwan, Brazil, Rondonia, Ovro Petvo, Para, Jari-Monte Dourado. |
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References: | Tzean, SS et al. 1997. |
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Provided: | S. S. Tzean |
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Note: | newly recorded species. | |||