 Phylum：Chytridiomycota >> Class： Chytridiomycetes >> Order： Blastocladiales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Allomyces moniliformis | |||
| Author： |
Allomyces moniliformis Coker and Braxton. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Sox., 42:139, pl. 10. 1926. |
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| Description： |
Vegetative structures resembling A. arbuscular. Primary sporangia narrowly clavate or cylindrical; 90μ long by 45μ in greatest diameter with an apical papilla. Secondary sporangia formed predominantly in basipetal succession; ovoid to nearly spherical with truncate ends; contents pink, becoming brown as the zoospores approach maturing. Resting sporangium narrowly to broadly ovoid, with truncate base and pronounced apical beak; 50-105μ long by 30-45μ in great width, predominantly 70-90μ long by 35-42μ width; generally slipping out of their containers at maturing, the exospore thick-walled dark orange brown; widely spaced pits. Germination by cystogenes type; cysts 12-15μ in diameter; isogamous gametes from the cyst 7.5-9.5μ in diameter. | |||
| Specimens： |
Collected many isolates from soil in Taipei. (Sept. 21, 1973 Taipei;garden soil) |
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| Habitat： |
Soil and water | |||
| Distribution： |
USA |
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| References： |
Coker WC and Braxton HH. 1926. |
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| Provided： |
T. S. Chiou and H. S. Chang |
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| Note： |
A. moniliformis is widespread and has been isolated many times from garden soilos. Its resting spore is characterized with distinctively narrow apex to distinguish other allied species. | |||