Phylum:Ascomycota >> Class: Ascomycetes >> Order: Hypocreales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Fusarium graminum | |||
Author: | Fusarium heterosporum Nees ex Fr. var. paspa-licola (P. Henn.) Wollenw., Z. Parasitenk. 3: 349, 1931. Fusarium graminum Corda, Icon. Fung. 1: 3, 1937. |
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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 4.8 cm diameter for 4 days at 24℃. From below the cultures are orange to tan in color. Microconidia are absent. Macroconidia produced from unbranched monophialides are sickle-shaped, delicate, thin-walled, mostly 3-5 septate, 20.0-52.2 × 2.8-5.0 μm. Chlamydospores are absent. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Tanshui, November 1986, from kandelia〔Kandelia candel (L.) Druce〕, NCHU 5945. |
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Habitat: | on the caryopsis type of grasses, such as Cynodon dactylon (as well as on the ergots), Elymus arenarius, Panicum maximum, Secale, and Zea, on kernels, culms, corn stalks. | |||
Distribution: | Europe, Africa. |
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References: | Huang, JW and Sun, SK. 1997; Wollenweber, HW and Reinking, OA. 1935. |
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Provided: | J. W. Huang |
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Note: | null | |||