Phylum:Anamorphic fungi >> Class: Anamorphic fungi >> Order: Anamorphic fungi | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Beltrania rhombica | |||
Author: | ≡B. multispora H. J. Swart, Leeeuwenhoek ned. Tijdschr., 24:221. 1958,. Beltrania rhombica O. Penzig, Nuovo G. bot. ital., 14:72-75. 1882,. ≡B. indica C. V. Subramanian, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., B, 36:45. 1952,. |
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Description: | Colonies diameter on Corn Meal Agar larger than 50 mm in 55 days at 25°C, effuse, velvety, white to pale brown; reverse hyaline, pale brown to scattered brown spots. Mycelium partly immersed, partly superficial, composed of branched, septate, smooth, hyaline to brown or reddish brown. Conidophores macronematous, mononematous, simple, straight or flexuous, pale brown to middle reddish brown, smooth, septate, 105.8-575.0 × 4.2-7.9 μm. Conidiogenous cells polyblastic, integrated, sympodial, with short cylindrical denticles scattered. Separating cells ellipsoidal, obovoid, greyish white to pale brown, 8.2-14.2 × 5.5-7.1 μm. Conidia solitary, acropleurogenous, biconic, pale brown to reddish brown, with a spinal, hyaline to subhyaline, appendage 3.8-8.3 μm long at the end, truncate at the base, a hyaline transverse band at the middle part of the conidium, finely roughened, 19.2-28.3 × 8.8-13.0 μm. Seta 95.8-225.0 × 4.2-5.8 μm. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Tayuan Shan, on rotten leaf, 14 Apr. 1986. TNTU 618. leg. J.L. Chen. |
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Habitat: | on rotten leaf | |||
Distribution: | Taiwan, Venezuela, Japan, Malaysia, Australia, Cuba, India, Hong Kong, New Caledonia, French Guiana, Brazil, U.S.A., USSR, Indonesia, Mozambique, Mexico, Belize, Peru, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Ivory Coast. |
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References: | Pirozynski, 1963. |
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Provided: | S. S. Tzean and J. L. Chen |
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Note: | This is a common species on decaying leaves, it is characterized by polyblastic conidiogenous cells and biconic, reddish brown conidia with a spinal appendage at the end. | |||