 Phylum：Ascomycota >> Class： Ascomycetes >> Order： Hypocreales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Fusarium reticulatum | |||
| Author： |
Fusarium reticulatum Mont, 1843. |
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| Description： |
On PDA, growth is slow to moderate, with dense, white to pink aerial mycelium and orange sporodochia developing as the culture ages. Colonies reach 3.3 cm diameter for 4 days at 24℃. From below the cultures are pale rose to carmine red in color. Microconidia are absent. Macroconidia produced from unbranched and branched monophialides are falcate, equally narrowed at both ends, mostly 2-4 septate, 18.8–35.0 × 2.8–3.8 μm. Chlamydospores are present. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Lishan, , April 1987, from Chinese tuber fleeceflower (Polygonum multiflorum Thumb.), NCHU 6965. |
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| Habitat： |
on cucurbit fruit, grasses and other plants, at times on dairy products (milk) and in humus. | |||
| Distribution： |
Cosmopolitan. |
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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： |
The fungus when transferred onto apple produces a fruit rot. | |||