 Phylum：Ascomycota >> Class： Ascomycetes >> Order： Hypocreales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Fusarium acuminatum | |||
| Author： |
Fusarium acuminatum Ellis & Everhart, Proc. Acad. Sci. Philadelphia: 441, 1895 and Wollenweber, Annls M 1971. |
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| Description： |
On PDA, growth is rapid, with dense, white, aerial mycelium and orange sporodochia developing as the culture ages. Colonies reach 6.4 cm diameter for 4 days at 24℃. From below the cultures are carmine red to brown. Microconidia generally are sparse. Macroconidia produced from monophialides, falcate, equilaterally curved, slender, with an elongated apical cell and distinctly foot-shaped basal cell, predominantly 3-5 septate, 25.0-48.0 × 3.8-4.8 μm. Chlamydospores are smooth-walled and are formed single, in chains or in clumps. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Nantou, September 1985, from leek (Allium odorum L.), NCHU 5066. |
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| Habitat： |
usually as a soil saprophyte or associated with roots and crowns of plants | |||
| Distribution： |
in temperate regions. |
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| References： |
Leslie, JF and Summerell, BA. 2006; Huang, JW and Sun, SK. 1997. |
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| Provided： |
J. W. Huang |
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| Note： |
The fungus has been isolated from Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. in Taya; Crotalaria juncea L. in Houli. | |||