Phylum:Anamorphic fungi >> Class: Anamorphic fungi >> Order: Anamorphic fungi | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Curvularia eragrostidis | |||
Author: | Curvularia eragrostidis Henn. J.A. Meyer Publ. Inst. mat. Etude. agron. Congo Belge, Ser. Sci 75:183. 1959.. |
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Description: | Colonies diameter on Oat Meal Agar larger than 70 mm in 30 days at 25°C, effuse, hairy, somewhat floccose, brownish grey to greyish brown; reverse brownish grey to greyish brown. Mycelium partly superficial, partly immersed, composed of branched, septate, smooth, subhyaline, pale brown to dark brown, 1.0-11.4 μm wide hyphae. Conidiophores macronematous, mononematous, single or branched, straight or flexuous, septate, smooth, usually brown or dark brown, paler towards the apex, 90.0-710.0 × 4.4-7.0 μm. Conidiogenous cells monotretic, sympodial. Conidia ellipsoidal, 3-septate, often middle septate darker than other septate and middle cells brown, paler at the both ends, 13.8-24.0 × 7.6-13.6 μm. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Taipei city, on air, 14 May 1993. TNTU 1120. leg. G.M. Nian. |
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Habitat: | air | |||
Distribution: | Taiwan, Australia, India, Sierra leone, Brazil, Brunei, Malaysia, Zaire, Mexico, U.S.A., New Zealand, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Cuba, Nigeria, Guinea, Solomon Islands. |
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References: | Ellis, 1976; Sivanesan, 1987. |
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Provided: | J. L. Chen and S. S. Tzean |
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Note: | This is a common species. It is distinguished by ellipsoidal, 3-septate, brown conidia with a darker band at the middle septate. | |||