 Phylum：Anamorphic fungi >> Class： Anamorphic fungi >> Order： Anamorphic fungi |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Kostermansinda minima | |||
| Author： |
Kostermansinda minima Cabello et Arambarri., Mycotaxon 29:32. 1987. |
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| Description： |
Colonies effuse, inconspicuous. Mycelium immersed, composed of branched, septate, smooth, subhyaline to pale brown or brown, 1.2-4.0 μm wide hyphae. Conidiophores macronematous, synnematous. Synnemata scattered, single, erect, dark brown to black brown up to 240.0 μm long, 94.8 μm wide at the conidial heads, 44.0 μm at the base; individual threads simple, straight, septate, smooth, brown to dark brown, often paler and swollen at the apex, 2.4-6.0 μm wide. Conidiogenous cells monoblastic, determinate or percurrent. Conidia broad ellipsoidal or obovoid, muriform, smooth, brown, 24.0-37.0 X 14.0-19.2 μm, basal cells sometimes swollen, thin-walled, smooth, subhyaline, up to 14.4 μm long, 12.8 μm wide. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Sanhsia, Taipei Pref., on a rotten stem, 10 Aug. 1993. TNTU 1110. leg. J.L. Chen. |
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| Habitat： |
on rotten stem | |||
| Distribution： |
Taiwan, Argentina. |
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| References： |
Ellis, 1971; Cabello et Arambarri 1987; Chang, 1989. |
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| Provided： |
J. L. Chen and S. S. Tzean |
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| Note： |
This species is easily distinguished by its synnematous conidiophores, monoblastic, percurrent conidiogenous cells and ellipsoidal, muriform, brown conidia with swollen thin-walled, subhyaline basal cell. | |||