Phylum:Anamorphic fungi >> Class: Anamorphic fungi >> Order: Anamorphic fungi | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Curvularia verruculosa | |||
Author: | Curvularia verruculosa Tandon et Bilgrami ex Ellis, Mycol. Pap. 106:20. 1966.. |
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Description: | Colonies diameter on V8 Juice Agar larger than 50 mm in 5 days at 25°C, effuse, velvety or somewhat floccose in the center, olive; reverse olive to black. Mycelium almostly immersed, composed of branched, septate, hyaline to brown, smooth, 0.8-10.0 μm wide hyphae. Conidiophores macronematous, mononematous, simple or branched, straight or flexuous, septate, thick-walled, pale brown to brown, smooth or occasionally verruculose near the base, 39.0-220.0 X 4.0-6.0 μm. Conidiogenous cells polytretic, cicatrized, sympodial, terminal or intercalary. Conidia acropleurogenous, ellipsoidal or clavate, straight or curved, 3-septate, brown or dark brown, verruculose at the middle cells, paler and smooth at the both end cells, 21.0-28.0 X 8.8-14.0 μm. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, National Taiean University compus, Taipei City, on rotton stem, 8 Mar. 1991. TNTU 899. leg. J.L. Chen. |
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Habitat: | on rotton stem | |||
Distribution: | Taiwan, Israel, Venezuela, Indonesia, Jamaica, Malaysia, Peru, China, India, West Indies, Tanzania, Egypt. |
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References: | Ellis, 1966; Ellis, 1971. |
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Provided: | J. L. Chen and S. S. Tzean |
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Note: | This is a common species, It is recognized by its polytretic, sympodial conidiogenous cells and ellipsoidal, occasionally curved, septate, brown conidia with verruculose at the middle cells. | |||