Phylum:Ascomycota >> Class: Ascomycetes >> Order: Hypocreales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Fusarium camptoceras | |||
Author: | Fusarium camptoceras Wollenw. & Reinking, Phytopathology 15: 158, 1925. |
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Description: | On PDA, growth is rapid, with dense, floccose, powdery, white to tan aerial mycelium. Sporodochia are absent. Colonies reach 5.1 cm diameter for 4 days at 24℃. From below the cultures are tan to brown. Microconidia are scarce. Macroconidia borne in mono-phialides are curved, but almost resemble the spindle-shaped macroconidia of F. semitectum, tapering gradually toward both ends with papilla basal cell, mostly 3-5 septate, 25.2-39.1 × 4.5-6.4 μm. Chlamydospores are present. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Chungho, September 1985, from many-flowered bamboo (Bambusa floribunda Zoll.), NCHU 5151. |
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Habitat: | on decaying bananas and cacao. | |||
Distribution: | restricted to subtropical and tropical 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 Coffea arabica L. in Hueisen forest farm; Aeginetia indica L. in Paoshan; Avena sativa L. in Chingjing; Cunninghamia lanceolata L. in Wushe; Polygonum barbatum L. in Jenai; Citrus sinensis Osb. in Wushe. | |||