 Phylum：Chytridiomycota >> Class： Chytridiomycetes >> Order： Spizellomycetales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Gaertneriomyces spectabile | |||
| Author： |
Gaertneriomyces spectabile (Uebelmesser) Chen and Chien comb. nov. ≡ Phlyctochytrium spectabile Uebelmesser, Arch. f. Mikrobiol. 25:315, 1956. |
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| Description： |
On 1/4 YpSs agar : Sporangium spherical, 30-75 μm diam., with 2-10 or more prominent, hourglass-shaped papillae, with 5 × 5-12.5 μm plug within papillae; rhizoidal system consisting of a subsporangial globular apophysis, 5-10 μm diam., and moderately extensive, branched, delicate rhizoids; zoospores globose, 4-5 μm diam., or ovoid, with a small, inconspicious globule, emerging singly from the discharge pore. Color of colony white. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan. Yulin: Chiungpu, farm soil, 22 Jul. 1992, NTNU S03c. Isolated on pine pollen from soil. |
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| Habitat： |
Soil. | |||
| Distribution： |
USA, Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Chen, SF et al. 2000. |
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| Provided： |
S. F. Chen |
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| Note： |
The hourglass-shaped papillae is the distinctive character. According to the ultrastructure of its zoospore (Chen, unpublished), this fungus should be placed in the Spizellomycetalean genus Gaertneriomyces. | |||