Phylum：Anamorphic fungi　>>　Class： Anamorphic fungi　>>　 Order： Anamorphic fungi 
   
 
　BCRC Number： NO BCRC Number!  
   
　Scientific Name： Sarophorum palmicola
 
   
   
　Author：

Sarophorum palmicola (hennings) Seifert & Samson, Annls. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 6: 53. 1887.

Teleomorph: Penicilliopsis clavariaeformis Solms-Laubach 1887.
   
 
 
 
 
　Description： CYA, 25°C, 7 days: colony diameters larger than 75 mm, center plane, conspicuously floccose to somewhat velutinous, subcenter to margin, deeply sulcate, velutinous, fasciculate, with zonate upright synnemata, 10 mm tall, 1.5 mm wide; mycelium center orange white to greyish orange, greyish red, brownish grey or dull violet to violet (6A-B2-3, 7A-B2-5, 6D2-3E4-6), subcenter to margin, reddish to brown, violet brown, dark ruby to yellowish white-yellow (6-7C-D4-7, 6-8E-F4-8, 9-12F5-8); conidiogenesis heavy, greyish yellow to greyish green (1A-D3-5, 2B-E3-6); exudates absent; soluble pigment pastel red, red to brownish red (8A-B4-6, 9-10A-D7-8); reverse reddish brown, greyish brown, greyish ruby, dark ruby or greyish yellow (9-12D-F4-8, 13-14E-F4-8, 2-3A-B4-7). MEA, 25°C, 7 days: colony diameters 47-57 mm, plane, low, velutinous to somewhat fasciculate, in age consisting of concentric crowded, upright, synnemata, simple or branched, 30 mm tall, 1 mm wide, margin effuse; mycelium pale yellow, greyish yellow, orange yellow (3A-B3-6, 4A-B2-8); conidiogenesis heavy, pastel yellow to vivid yellow (2-3A4-8); exudate absent; soluble pigment light yellow; reverse greyish yellow, dull yellow or dark yellow (2B3-6, 3B4-8, 4B-C4-8). G25N, 25°C, 7 days: colony diameters 5-7 mm, plane, dense, slime; mycelium white to yellowish white (4A2); conidiogenesis absent; exudate and soluble pigment lacking; reverse uncolored. CYA, 5°C, 7 days: colony diameters 5-7 mm; mycelium white; conidiogenesis absent; exudate and soluble pigment lacking; reverse colorless. CYA, 37°C, 7 days: colony 5-8 mm, raised, dense, wrinkled, margin fimbriate; mycelium white; conidiogenesis absent; exudate and soluble pigment lacking; reverse greyish orange (5B4-5), pale greyish orange or white. Conidiophores and conidia: conidiophores on MEA borne from subsuperficial or superficial synnemata; stipes thick-walled, (47)70-295 (310) × (5.6)6.3-8.8(9.4) μm; penicilli mostly terverticillate, sometimes quaterverticillate, pentaverticillate or irregular with subterminal metulae or rami concurrent; rami appressed or divergent, in groups of 2-3, with apices or whole cell conspicuously swollen, (10.8)19.2-54.2(60.0) × (7.5)8.3-13.3(15.0) μm; metulae in verticils of 2-6, cylindroidal to clavate, (10.4)12.1-27.5(30) × (5.8)6.7-14.2(12.5) μm; phialides in verticils of 5-12, aggregated, parallel, acerose, (7.5)12.5-25.0(29.2) × (3.3)3.8-6.6(7.1) μm, collula short, abruptly tapering; conidia large, ellipsoidal, occasionally subspheroidal or pyriform, smooth, thick walled, (4.2)5.0-10.0(12.0) × (3.5)4.0-7.1(8.1) μm, borne in discordered chains.
 
 
 
 
 
　Specimens：

Taiwan, Pingtung County, Kentin National Park, from soil, 18 Jun 1989.
 
 
 
　Habitat： from soil.
 
 
 
　Distribution：

Taiwan.
 
 
 
　References：

Tzean, SS et al. 1994.
   
   
   
　Provided：

S. S. Tzean and J. L. Chen
 
 
　Note： rare species.