Phylum:Ascomycota >> Class: Ascomycetes >> Order: Pleosporales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Kirschsteiniothelia reticulata | |||
Author: | Kirschsteiniothelia reticulata C.Y. Chen, C.L. Wang & J.W. Huang, Mycotaxon 98:XX, 2006. |
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Description: | Ascomata scattered, immersed at first, then erumpent through torn fissure of host, conical, 320?450 μm wide, 180?220 μm high, apex rounded; hyphae intercellular and intracellular in host, broad, 3?5 μm wide, deeply constricted where crossing host cell wall. Peridium 20?40 μm thick at sides, composed of cells forming a textura angularis, thickened around ostiolar canal and at lateral rim where cells usually arranged in palisade-like rows, at base reduced, usually merged with underlying host tissue. Asci obclavate, 90?110 × 23?27 μm, with a short stalk up to 15 μm long. Pseudoparaphyses frequently branched and anastomosing, 1.5?2 μm wide. Ascospores ellipsoid, 17?23 × 7?10 μm, dark brown, 1-septate, septum constricted, median or occasionally slightly deviating from middle, with reticulate ornamentation on surface, covered with mucilaginous sheath. | |||
Specimens: | Nantou Hsien: Piluchi, on unknown twigs, Aug. 1999, C.L.Wang (TNM F19959, holotype). |
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Habitat: | On decaying wood. | |||
Distribution: | Taiwan. |
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References: | Chen, CY et al. 2006. |
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Provided: | C. Y. Chen |
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Note: | This species is characterized by ascospores ornamented with a reticulum of small ridges. It is an unique character previously not found in Kirschsteiniothelia. | |||