 Phylum：Chytridiomycota >> Class： Chytridiomycetes >> Order： Chytridiales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Rhizophydium melosirae | |||
| Author： |
Rhizophydium melosirae Friedmann, Osterreich. Bot. Zeitschr., 99:179, 1952. |
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| Description： |
On 1/4 YpSs agar: Sporangium spherical, 10-15 μm diam., wall thin, smooth, deliquescing completely upon discharge of the zoospores, rhizoids arising from a fine axis or globular swelling, 1-1.5 μm diam.. Zoospores spherical, 2.5-3 μm diam., with an anterior globule, liberated upon the deliquescence of the sporangium wall. Color of colony white. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan. Yilan: Shunglienpyi, soil, 3 Oct 1992, NTNU 602a. Isolated on pine pollen from soil. |
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| Habitat： |
Soil. | |||
| Distribution： |
Austria, Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Chen, SF and Chien, CY. 1998; Chen, SF et al. 2000. |
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| Provided： |
S. F. Chen |
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| Note： |
Complete deliquescence of the sporangial wall upon discharge of the zoospores is the main character. This species is different from Rhizophydium patellarium, by the latter is upper (2/3) portion of sporangial wall dissolves (Chen and Chien, 1998). | |||