 Phylum：Chytridiomycota >> Class： Chytridiomycetes >> Order： Chytridiales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Cladochytrium hyalinum | |||
| Author： |
Cladochytrium hyalinum Berdan, Amer. J. Bot. 28:425, 1941. |
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| Description： |
On grass leaf: Thallus polycentric, delicate, hyaline. Zoosporangium terminal or intercalary, apophysate. 1/4 YpSs agar: Thallus polycentric, eucarpic. Rhizomycelium sparse, hyaline and extensive, with numerous round, fusiform or oval swellings. Zoosporangium terminal or intercalary, apophysate, subspherical, ovoid, bottle-gourd, or elongated, 30 μm diam.; exit tube single, with a gelatinous plug. Zoospores spherical, 8-10 μm diam., with a hyaline refractive globule; escaping in a globular mass, briefly quiescent previous to swimming away. Resting spore develops from a short branch arising directly from a multiple-celled spindle organ, usually spherical, about 20 μm diam., containing numerous hyaline refractive bodies. Color of colony hyaline. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan. Taipei: Botanical garden, pond water, 9 May 1994, NTNU 402.Isolated on grass leaf from water. |
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| Habitat： |
Fresh water. | |||
| Distribution： |
USA, Mexico,Brazil, Great Britain, Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Berdan, HB. 1941; Chen, SF et al. 2000. |
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| Provided： |
S. F. Chen |
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| Note： |
Thallus is delicate and hyaline. Resting spore develops from a multiple-celled swollen structure that is the main character (Berdan, 1941). | |||