 Phylum：Anamorphic fungi >> Class： Anamorphic fungi >> Order： Anamorphic fungi |
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 BCRC Number： |
33160 | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Penicillium sclerotiorum | |||
| Author： |
Subgenus: Aspergilloides Penicillium sclerotiorum van Beyma, Zentbl. Bakt. ParasitKde, Abt. II, 96: 418. 1937. |
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| Description： |
CYA, 25°C, 7 days: colony diameters 31-36 mm, center raised, crateriform, subcenter deep, radially sulcate, velutinous, center, margin floccose, margin entire; mycelium white, overlaid with sclerotia, however, sclerotia forming capacity sometimes lost; conidiogenesis heavy, light green-yellowish green (29A5-29B8); exudates light green to yellowish green (30B5-8), greyish orange to golden yellow (5B5-8), brownish orange to brownish yellow (5C6-8), or yellowish brown (5D6-8); soluble pigment lacking; reverse center yellowish white to greyish yellow, subcenter brownish orange to golden brown (5C4, 5D7), margin greyish yellow to olive yellow (3B4, 3C7). MEA, 25°C, 7 days: colony diameters 30-32 mm, plane, velutinous, farinose; mycelium white, overlaid with clustered abundant orange red (8A4-8) sclerotia, 103-111 mm diam; conidiogenesis conspicuous; exudate and soluble pigment absent; reverse greyish green (30B4-6, 30C4-7, 30D5-7), dull green (30D4), sector greyish yellow (4B3-5, 4C3-6), pale orange to orange (5A3-7, 5B4-7) or light orange to orange (6A4-7, 6B4-7). G25N, 25°C, 7 days: colony diameters 11-15 mm, center raised, sulcate, floccose, subcenter, margin velutinous, margin irregular; mycelium white; conidiogenesis moderate to heavy, light green (29A5) to yellowish green (29B7); exudates yellowish white (1A2-3), light yel-low (4A2-4), greyish yellow (4B4-6), olive to olive yellow (4D4-7) or olive brown (4E5-8); soluble pigment lacking; reverse orange grey (5B2), greyish orange (5B3-6), brownish or-ange (5C3-6), brownish yellow (5C5-7) or greyish yellow (4B2-5). CYA, 5°C, 7 days: no growth. CYA, 37°C, 7 days: no growth. Conidiophores and conidia: conidiophores on MEA borne from superficial or aerial mycelium; stipes septate, apices vesiculate, 74-324 × 2.7-4.0 μm, smooth to finely roughened, more or less thick-walled, strictly monoverticillate, vesicles up to 3.9-5.6 μm, bearing verticals of 7-17 phialides; phialides ampulliform, 9.5-12.7 × 2.9-3.5 μm, with long collula; conidia mostly ellipsoidal, less often subspherical, 2.4-3.2 × 1.9-3.2 μm, smooth to very finely roughened, borne in well-defined columns. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Kaohsiung County, Alien, from corn seed, 11 Jan 1990. |
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| Habitat： |
from corn seed. | |||
| Distribution： |
Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Tzean, SS et al. 1994. |
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| Provided： |
S. S. Tzean |
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| Note： |
widely distributed species, voucher culture CCRC 33160. | |||