 Phylum：Chytridiomycota >> Class： Chytridiomycetes >> Order： Chytridiales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Rhizophydium rostellatum | |||
| Author： |
Rhizophydium rostellatum (de Wild.) Fischer, Rabenhorst. Kryptogamen-Fl.,1(4):105, 1892. |
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| Description： |
In 1/4YpSs slush: Sporangium spherical, 16-23 μm diam., rhizoids arising a short thin main axis, branched delicately. Small sporangium with a single apical papillae, large sporangium with 2-8 or more discharge tubes, about 2.5 μm diam., 2.5-5 μm in length. Zoospores spherical or taper, about 2.5 μm diam., with a basal globule, singly emerging from the discharge pore, movement hopping.On 1/4YpSs agar: Color of colony was khaki. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan. Tainan: Hsinhwa woodland, pond water, 15 Jan 1998, CHNA3401a. Isolated with pine pollen from water. |
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| Habitat： |
Fresh water. | |||
| Distribution： |
Belgium, Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Barr, DJS. 1973; Chen, SF. 2002. |
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| Provided： |
S. F. Chen |
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| Note： |
The discharge processes variable from short papillae to tubes is the same as R. haynaldii(Barr, 1973). The fine threads and sparingly branched of rhizoidal system, and color of colony in our isolate are different from R. haynaldii. | |||