Phylum:Anamorphic fungi >> Class: Anamorphic fungi >>  Order: Anamorphic fungi 
   
 
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 Scientific Name: Dactylaria haptospora
 
   
   
 Author:

Dactylaria haptospora Drechsler, Mycologia 32: 459. 1940..

Newly proposed epiphet: Dactylaria haptospora Drechsler, Mycologia 32: 459. 1940. (Index Fungorum); Dactylellina haptospora (Drechsler) M. Scholler, Hagedorn & A. Rubner, Sydowia 51: 110. 1999. (MycoBank).

   
 
 
 
 
 Description: Vegetative hyphae hyaline, septate, 1.8?4.5 μm in diam; conidiophores hyaline, septate, erect, 60?200 μm in height; 2.5?4.0 μm in diam at the base, tapering gradually upward, bearing 3?12 conidia at a conidiophore apex; conidia hyaline, elongate cylindrical, 4 septate, distal cells globose or elongate ellipsoidal, 35?60 × 2.0?3.5 μm, trapping nematodes by means of stalked adhesive knobs, 8?10 μm in diam.
 
 
 
 
 
 Specimens:

Taiwan, Taipei County, Wulai, litter, 7 Dec. 1989, A001 (BCRC 32661), J. Y. Liou

 
 
 
 Habitat: litter
 
 
 
 Distribution:

Taiwan, Venezuela

 
 
 
 References:

Tzean, SS. et al. 1997; Scholler, M. et al. 1999.

   
   
   
 Provided:

G. Y. Liou, S. S. Tzean and J. Y. Liou

 
 
 Note: D. haptospora is characterized by trapping devices and 1-15 conidia at a conidiophore branched near apex. Conidia are elongate-cylindrical, usually 4 septate.