 Phylum：Zygomycota >> Class： Zygomycetes >> Order： Mucorales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Apophysomyces elegans | |||
| Author： |
Apophysomyces elegans P.C. Misra, K.J. Srivast. and Lata, Mycotaxon 8(2): 377 1979. |
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| Description： |
Colonies growing fast on Potato Dextrose Agar at 25℃, floccose, effuse, white to yellow, reverse white to slightly yellow. Mycelium mostly superficial, composed of branched, thin-walled, smooth, sparsely septate hyaline hyphae, 4 – 16 μm wide. Sporangiophores erect, arising from aerial mycelium, smooth, non-septate or 1-septate, hyaline to light brown, producing stolons and rhizoids at the base. Sporangia hyaline to light brown, smooth. apophysate, columella distinct, bell-shaped or pyriform, 300 - 400 × 4 - 4.5 μm. Sporangiospores globose to ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline or very light green in mass, 5.5 - 9.5 × 4.2 - 6 μm. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Lanyu Island, on decaying roots, Feb 2009. |
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| Habitat： |
On decaying roots | |||
| Distribution： |
Lanyu Island, Taitung, Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Misra, P.C., K.J. Srivast. and K. Lata, 1979. |
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| Provided： |
S. S. Tzean and T. W. Huang |
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| Note： |
The genus Apophysomyces is characterized by the conspicuous apophysate sporangia, bearing with bell- to pyriform-shaped columella, and can be easily separated from other Zygomycetes. This is the first time the species being recorded in Taiwan. | |||