Phylum：Anamorphic fungi　>>　Class： Anamorphic fungi　>>　 Order： Anamorphic fungi 
   
 
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　Scientific Name： Exserticlava vasiformis
 
   
   
　Author：

Exserticlava vasiformis Matsushima Hughes, N.Z. JL Bot. 16 (3):332. 1978..
   
 
 
 
 
　Description： Colonies diameter on Oat Meal Agar 22 mm in 51 days at 25°C, dense, somewhat floccose, wavy, white, greyish green to dark green; reverse wavy, white to dark green or black. Mycelium partly superficial, partly immersed, composed of branched, septate, smooth to roughened, hyaline to brown, 0.8-3.6 μm wide hyphae. Conidiophores macronematous, mononematous, simple, straight, septate, smooth to roughened, dark brown, paler at the apex, 86.0-134.0 μm long, 11.2-14.0 μm wide at the swollen apex, 2.8-8.0 μm wide at the base, often with a vasiform sterile part at the apex, hyaline, smooth to roughened, septate, 45.0-70.0 × 11.0-13.4 μm. Conidiogenous cells monoblastic. Conidia ellipsoidal, subglobose, 1-3-pseudoseptate, smooth, pale brown to olivaceous brown, 14.0-20.0 × 9.0-12.0 μm.
 
 
 
 
 
　Specimens：

Taiwan, National Taiwan University compus, Taipei City, on rotten stem, 28 Feb. 1991. TNTU 903. leg. J.L. Chen.
 
 
 
　Habitat： on rotten stem
 
 
 
　Distribution：

Taiwan, Hong Kong, New Zealand, USSR, S. Africa, Western Cape.
 
 
 
　References：

Hughes, 1978; Matsushima, 1975; Kirk, 1985.
   
   
   
　Provided：

J. L. Chen and S. S. Tzean
 
 
　Note： This species is distinguished by its macronematous straight conidiophores often with a vasiform sterile part at the apex and ellipsoidal, pseudoseptate, smooth, pale brown conidia.