Phylum:Anamorphic fungi >> Class: Anamorphic fungi >> Order: Anamorphic fungi | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Bispora betulina | |||
Author: | Bispora betulina (Corda) Hughes, Can. J. Bot., 36:740. 1958.. |
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Description: | Colonies diameter on Corn Meal Agar 80 mm in 169 days at 25°C, effuse, velvety, somewhat powdery, greyish brown, brown to dark brown; reverse greyish brown to dark brown. Mycelium mostly immersed, partly superficial, composed of branched, septate, smooth or very finely roughened, hyaline to pale brown, 1.2-3.3 μm wide hphae. Conidiophores macronematous, mononematous, simple or rarely branched, straight or slightly flxuous, smooth or very finely roughened, brown or paler towards the base, 7.5-41.7 × 3.3-4.6 μm. Conidiogenous cells monoblastic. Conidia catenate, cylindrical rounded at the both ens, usually 1-septate, rarely 0-septate, smooth, pale brown, brown or dark brown, often with a dark brown band at the septum (5.5)8.3-15.8 × (3.8)4.2-5.8 μm. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Shihpachien Shan, on rotten leaf, 25 Apr. 1986. TNTU 523. leg. J.L. Chen. |
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Habitat: | on rotten leaf. | |||
Distribution: | Taiwan, Canada, Europe, U.S.A., Great Britain. |
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References: | Ellis, 1971. |
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Provided: | S. S. Tzean and J. L. Chen |
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Note: | This species is distinguished by its catenate, cylindrical, 0-1-septate, pale brown to dark brown conidia with a dark brown band at the septum. | |||