Phylum:Anamorphic fungi >> Class: Anamorphic fungi >> Order: Anamorphic fungi | ||||
BCRC Number: | 32561 | |||
Scientific Name: | Penicillium janczewskii | |||
Author: | Penicillium janczewskii Zaleski, Bull. int. Acad. pol. Sci. Lett, Ser. B, 1927: 488. 1927. Subgenus: Furcatum |
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Description: | CYA, 25°C, 7 days: colony diameters 15-20 mm, center raised, radially sulcate, center floc-cose, subcenter velutinous, dense; margin somewhat floccose, entire; mycelium white to orange white (5A2); conidiogenesis abundant, greyish green (22E3-5) to dark green (25F3-5); exudates yellowish white, pale yellow (1A2-2), greenish white or pale green (30B2-3); soluble pigment faint, yellowish white to pale yellow (3A2-3) or reverse brown (6E6-8), brownish orange (6C3-5), light brown (6D6-7). MEA, 25°C, 7 days: colony diameters 17-23 mm, plane, margin low, floccose, margin velutinous; mycelium white to pale yellow (4A3); conidiogenesis light to moderate, greenish grey to greyish green (27B2-3); exudates and soluble pigment absent; reverse greyish yellow (4B3-4). G25N, 25°C, 7 days: colony diameters 17-18 mm; center somewhat raised, margin sulcate; floccose, margin entire effuse; mycelium white; conidiogenesis light to moderate, greenish grey to greyish green; exudates and soluble pigment absent; reverse greyish yellow (4B3-4). CYA, 5°C, 7 days: no germination. CYA, 37°C, 7 days: no germination. Conidiophores and conidia: conidiophores on MEA borne from aerial hyphae; stipes septate, 113-192.0 × 2.4-2.8 μm, smooth, thin walled; penicillin biverticillate, occasionally monoverticillate or terverticillate; metulate in verticals of 2-4, smooth-finely roughened, 8.8-12.4 × 2.4-3.2 μm; phialides in verticils of 3-9, ampulliform, smooth to finely roughened, 4.8-8.0 × 2.4-3.2 μm, collula gradually tapering; conidia mostly spheroidal, sometimes ellipsoidal, 2.4-3.6 × 3.3 μm, roughened with striations, thick walled, mostly borne in short, disordered chains. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Kaohsiung County, from soil, Liukui, 28 Jan 1988. |
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Habitat: | from soil. | |||
Distribution: | Taiwan, Papua, New Guivea, Spain. |
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References: | Tzean, SS et al. 1994. |
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Provided: | S. S. Tzean and S. C. Chiu |
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Note: | infrequently isolated species, voucher culture CCRC 32561. | |||