 Phylum：Ascomycota >> Class： Ascomycetes >> Order： Hypocreales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Fusarium avenaceum | |||
| Author： |
Fusarium avenaceum (Corda ex Fr.) Sacc., Sylloge Fung. 4: 713, 1886. |
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| Description： |
On PDA, growth is rapid, with orange punctiform sporodochia formed in dense aerial mycelium which is white or tan to reddish-brown in color. Colonies reach 4.4 cm for 4 days at 24℃. From below the cultures are carmine red. Microconidia are generally scarce. Macroconidia produced from unbranched and branched monophialides are very long, slender, thin-walled, and with an elongate apical cell and a foot-shaped or notched basal cell, mostly 4-7 septate, 51.4-92.5 × 2.0-3.8 μm. Chlamydospores are absent. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Chingjing, December 1986, from oat (Avena sativa L.), NCHU 6362. |
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| Habitat： |
as a soil saprophyte and as a pathogen of legumes, carnations, and various perennial plant species. | |||
| 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 also been isolated from Salix babylonica L. in Chingjing; Miscanthus sp. in Lishan. | |||