Phylum:Ascomycota >> Class: Ascomycetes >> Order: Hypocreales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Fusarium chlamydosporum | |||
Author: | Fusarium chlamydosporum Wollenw. & Reinking, Phytopathology 15: 156 1925. |
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Description: | On PDA, growth is rapid, with dense, villose, aerial mycelium that is somewhat powdery at the surface, whitish, pink, carmine red or beige. Sporodochia are rare. Colonies reach 6.7 cm diameter for 4 days at 24℃. From below the cultures are carmine red to tan. Microconidia produced abundantly from polyphialides, fusiform or clavate , 0-1 septate, 5.0-20.0 × 2.5-5.0 μm. Macroconidia formed from monophialides, generally rare, falcate, mostly 3-5 septate, 17.5-35.0 × 3.8-5.0 μm . Chlamydospores are abundant, globose to subglobose, terminal or intercalary in hyphae or conidia. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Taipei, September 1985, from azalea (Rhododendron sp.), NCHU 5218. |
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Habitat: | in the soil and as a saprophyte on a variety of substrate. | |||
Distribution: | Found commonly in arid and semi-arid 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 Macaranga tanarius (L.) Muell in Taichung; Prunus salicina Lindl. in Hsinshe; Oryza sativa L. in Wufeng; Sapium sebiferum (Linn.) Roxb. in Chungho; Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. in Taya; Euphorbia hirta L. in Tanei. | |||