 Phylum：Anamorphic fungi >> Class： Anamorphic fungi >> Order： Anamorphic fungi |
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NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Dicranidion gracile | |||
| Author： |
Dicranidion gracile Matsushima Icones microfungorum a Matsushima a Lectorum (I). p.24. 1971.. |
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| Description： |
Colonies diameter on Oat Meal Agar 64 mm in 60 days at 25°C, effuse, zonate, pale orange white to orange white. reverse pale orange white to orange white. Mycelium immersed, composed of branched, septate, smooth, hyaline, 1.2-4.0 μm wide. Conidiophores semimacronematous, simple, straight, smooth, hyaline, 4.5-18.5 × 2.0-3.6 μm. Conidiogenous cells monoblastic, sympodial. Conidia Y-shaped, smooth, hyaline, 20.0-35.2 μm long, major axis 0-1-septate, truncated at the base, up to 8.0-15.2 μm long, arms slightly tappering towards the rounded apex, 2-5-septa, occasionally constricted at the septate, up to 13.6-24.0 μm long, 3.2-5.6 μm wide, both arms often close togather. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Huisun, Nantow Pref., on rotten stem, 10 Feb. 1993. TNTU 1059. leg. J.L. Chen. |
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| Habitat： |
on a decaying stem of herbaceous | |||
| Distribution： |
Taiwan, Japan. |
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| References： |
Matsushima 1971; 1975. |
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| Provided： |
J. L. Chen and S. S. Tzean |
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| Note： |
This is a rare species. It is easily recognized by producing monoblastic, sympodial conidiogenous cells and Y-shaped, septate, hyaline conidia. | |||