Phylum:Anamorphic fungi >> Class: Anamorphic fungi >>  Order: Anamorphic fungi 
   
 
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 Scientific Name: Beltraniella portoricensis
 
   
   
 Author:

Beltraniella portoricensis (F. Stevens) Piroz. & S.D. Patil, Can. J. Bot. 48(3): 575. 1970..

   
 
 
 
 
 Description: Colonies diameter on Oat Meal Agar larger than 64 mm in 88 days at 25°C, velvety to floccose, greyish white to greyish brown or brown (1B1;6E3-6); reverse greyish brown to brown or dark brown (6D-F3-5). Mycelium partly superficial, partly immersed, composed of branched, septate, smooth, hyaline to brown, 1.2-5.6 μm wide hyphae. Setae simple or crowned, straight or curved, tappering, septate, thick-walled, smooth to verrucose, brown to dark brown, 48.8-124.0 μm long, 3.0-7.2 μm wide at the base. Conidiophores macronematous, mononematous, simple or branched, straight or curved, septate, smooth, subhyaline to pale brown, 76.0-142.0 × 4.0-4.8 μm, with denticles scattered at the apex. Conidiogenous cells denticulate, sympodial. Separating cells obovate or ellipsoidal, smooth, hyaline to pale brown, 8.8-13.6 × 4.0-5.2 μm. Conidia oblageniform or pyriform, truncated at the base, smooth, subhyaline to yellowish brown, 14.8-24.0 × 4.8-8.4 μm.
 
 
 
 
 
 Specimens:

Taiwan, Nantow County, Huisun, on a rotten leaf, Feb. 10 1993. TNTU 1073. leg. J.L. Chen.

 
 
 
 Habitat: on a rotten leaf
 
 
 
 Distribution:

Taiwan, Puerto Rico, Venezuela

 
 
 
 References:

Pirozynski, 1963.

   
   
   
 Provided:

S. S. Tzean and J. L. Chen

 
 
 Note: This species is characterized by producing simple or crowned setae and simple or branched conidiophores with denticulate, sympodial conidiogenous cells and oblageniform or pyriform conidia.