Phylum:Anamorphic fungi >> Class: Anamorphic fungi >> Order: Anamorphic fungi | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Dactylella formosana | |||
Author: | Dactylella formosana J.Y. Liou, G.Y. Liou & Tzean, Mycol. Res. 99: 751. 1995.. Newly proposed epiphet: Dactylellina formosana (J.Y. Liou, G.Y. Liou & Tzean) M. Scholler, Hagedorn & A. Rubner, Sydowia 51: 110. 1999. (MycoBank). |
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Description: | Vegetative hyphae hyaline, erect, septate, 2?10 μm in diam; conidiophores hyaline, erect, septate, tapering upward, mostly simple and bearing a single terminal conidium, sometimes bearing one conidium on a short branch on the main axis near the apex; conidia hyaline, usually straight, elongate fusoid cylindrical, 24?78 × 4.5?6.0 μm, 2-10 septate, distal cell usually formed directly a adhesive globose knob; trapping nematodes by menas of stalked knobs; stalks septate, 4?114 × 1.8?3.5 μm; adhesive knobs ellipsoidal 8?11 × 7.5?10 μm. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Taipei County, Wulai, decaying leaves, 25 Mar. 1990, A004 (BCRC 32740), J. Y. Liou |
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Habitat: | decaying leaves | |||
Distribution: | Taiwan |
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References: | Tzean, SS. et al. 1997; Liou et al. (1995) |
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Provided: | G. Y. Liou, S. S. Tzean and J. Y. Liou |
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Note: | D. formosana is characterized by its trapping devices and producing fusoid, cylindrical, multiseptate, solitary apical conidia on unbranched septate conidiophores. | |||