Phylum:Anamorphic fungi >> Class: Anamorphic fungi >>  Order: Anamorphic fungi 
   
 
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 Scientific Name: Bispora betulina
 
   
   
 Author:

Bispora betulina (Corda) Hughes, Can. J. Bot., 36:740. 1958..

   
 
 
 
 
 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.

 
 
 
 Habitat: on rotten leaf.
 
 
 
 Distribution:

Taiwan, Canada, Europe, U.S.A., Great Britain.

 
 
 
 References:

Ellis, 1971.

   
   
   
 Provided:

S. S. Tzean and J. L. Chen

 
 
 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.