Phylum:Oomycota >> Class: Oomycetes >>  Order: Saprolegniales 
   
 
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 Scientific Name: Achlya klebsiana
 
   
   
 Author:

Achlya klebsiana Pieters. Bot. Gaz. 60:486. 1915.

   
 
 
 
 
 Description: Mycelium limited diffuse; principal hyphae slender; 20-70 μ in diameter at base . Gemmae abundant; filiform,fusiform. Zoosporangia abundant; fusiform, occasionally filiform; straight or bent near their apices. Oogonia very abundant; lateral , rarely terminal; spherical or pyriform, 40-80 μ in diameter. Oogonial wall smooth; pitted only under point of attachment of antheridial cells, rarely at other places, or unpitted; Oogonial stalks usually 1-6 times the diameter of the oogonium in length, generally1-3 times; straight, occasionally bent or curved; Antheridial branches usually diclinous, rarely monoclinous ; Antheridial cells tubular, clavate or irregular ; attached by projection. Fertilization tube not observed. Oospheres maturing. Oospores eccentric; spherical, occasionally ellipsoidal ; generally filling the oogonium;1-15 in number, usually2-8; 20-35 μ in diameter, predominantly 20-26 μ.
 
 
 
 
 
 Specimens:

Taiwan, Taipei: Yang-ming Shan; 1995, NTUPPWM-0015.

 
 
 
 Habitat: soil of garden.
 
 
 
 Distribution:

Taiwan, China, Japan, America, England.

 
 
 
 References:

Chiou, T. S. et al. 1975; Johnson, T. W. 1956.

   
   
   
 Provided:

C. H. Fu

 
 
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