Phylum:Anamorphic fungi >> Class: Anamorphic fungi >> Order: Anamorphic fungi | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Dendryphion cubense | |||
Author: | Dendryphion cubense Matsushima, Mats. Mycol. Mem. 5:11-12. 1987.. |
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Description: | Colonies growing in habitat effuse, velvety, dark grey. Mycelium partly superficial, partly immersed. Conidiophores macronematous, mononematous, simple or in groups of 2-4, regularly branched at the apex, 186.5-492.0 μm long; stipes straight or flexuous, erect, smooth or verruculose at the apex, dark brown or reddish brown, 6-13-septate, 164.3-444.5 μm long, 8.3-14.3 μm wide at the base, 5.5-7.2 μm at the apex; regularly branched consisting of 2-branched near the base or irregularly branched at the upper parts, pale brown to middle brown, smooth or verruculose. Conidiogenous cells monotretic or polytretic, ellipsoidal, obovate, doliform, terminal or intercalary, sympodial, verruculose. Conidia borne in chains or branched, cylindrical, or tappering towards the both end, often slightly curved, dry, solitary, (2)3-9 septate, conspicuously constricted at the septate, brown or paler towards the both end cells, very roughened or verruculose, (17.6)21.8-55.2 × 5.4-8.7 μm. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Kunghsi, Hsinchu Pref., on a decaying stem of herbaceous, 17 Oct. 1990. TNTU 931. leg. J.L. Chen. |
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Habitat: | on a decaying stem of herbaceous | |||
Distribution: | Taiwan, Cuba. |
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References: | Ellis 1971; Matsushima 1987. |
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Provided: | J. L. Chen and S. S. Tzean |
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Note: | This is a rare species. It is distinguished by longer, roughened, septate, brown conidiophores with branched at the apex and cylindrical, septate, roughened conidia with conspicuously constricted at the septate. | |||