Phylum:Basidiomycota >> Class: Basidiomycetes >>  Order: Agaricales 
   
 
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 Scientific Name: Nematoctonus robustus
 
   
   
 Author:

Nematoctonus robustus F.R. Jones, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 47: 57. 1964.

   
 
 
 
 
 Description: Vegetative hyphae hyaline, septate, 2.2?3.5 μm in diam; conidia developed on sterigmata arising singly from clamp connections or directly from the hyphae; sterigmata 2.0?5.5 μm in height, 0.3?0.5 μm in diam at the tip, bearing a single terminal conidium; conidia elongate, cylindrical, curved, usually 8.5?13 × 3?5 μm; trapping nematodes by means of adhesive hourglass cells from fertile hyphae, dead nematodes felled with hyaline, branched hyphae bearing clamp connections at the septa.
 
 
 
 
 
 Specimens:

Taiwan, Taipei County, Wulai, litter, 15 Oct. 1991, A006 (BCRC 32741), J. Y. Liou

 
 
 
 Habitat: litter
 
 
 
 Distribution:

Canada, Taiwan, USA

 
 
 
 References:

Tzean, SS. et al. 1997;

   
   
   
 Provided:

G. Y. Liou, S. S. Tzean and J. Y. Liou

 
 
 Note: N. robustus is characterized by its fertile hyphae with clamp connections and adhesive cells, curved elongate-cylindrical conidia.