Phylum:Anamorphic fungi >> Class: Anamorphic fungi >> Order: Anamorphic fungi | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Pestalotiopsis neglecta | |||
Author: | Pestalotiopsis neglecta (Th?m.) Steyaert, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 36(2): 83 1953. = Pestalotia neglecta Th?m., Contrib. Flor. Mycol. Lusitan.: no. 343 1880. |
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Description: | Colonies growing fast on Potato Dextrose Agar at 25℃, floccose, effuse, white, reverse white to cream white. Mycelium superficial, composed of branched, septate, smooth, hyaline hyphae, 2-4 um. Sporodochia present. Conidiophores phialidic, ampulliform. Conidia 5-celled, narrow fusiform, intermediate cells brown to pale olivaceous, two adjacent cells dark brown to olivaceous, slightly constricted at septa, 29 - 31 × 6 - 7 μm, apical conic cell bearing a crest of 2 - 3 setulae, 15 - 19 μm, , basal cell obtuse, bearing single pedicel, 4 - 8 μm. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Juisui, Hualien County, on decaying maize, Feb. 2009. |
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Habitat: | decaying maize | |||
Distribution: | Juisui, Hualien County, Taiwan. |
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References: | Steyaert, R. L., 1953. |
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Provided: | S. S. Tzean and T. W. Huang. |
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Note: | P. neglecta can be distinguished from the allied Pestalotiopsis species by its rather narrow fusiform and longer spores | |||