Freshwater Ascomycetes - Species Monograph
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| Genus |
Species |
Author |
| Aniptodera |
palmicola |
K.D. Hyde, W.H. Ho & K.M. Tsui |
| Class |
Order |
Family |
| Sordariomycetes |
Halosphaeriales |
Halosphaeriaceae |
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Description
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| Habit: |
Immersed or partially immersed on submerged woody or herbaceous debris. |
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| Ascomata: |
Ascomata 200–350 µm in diameter, globose to sub-globose, immersed or partially immersed, hyaline to greyish, membranous, ostilolate, with a neck. |
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| Peridium: |
Thin-walled, of textura angularis in surface view. |
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| Beak: |
Necks cylindrical, hyaline, periphysate. |
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| Hamathecium: |
Hamathecium of catenophyses. |
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| Ascus: |
Asci 100–140 x 38–60 µm, 8-spored, clavate, pedicellate, thin-walled, apically truncated and thickened, with an apical pore and cytosplasm retracted below the ascus apex. |
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| Ascospore: |
Ascospores 34–44 x 14–16 µm, hyaline, ellipsoidal, bicelled, not constricted at the septum but narrowed or not in the mid-region, relatively thick-walled (2–2.5 µm wide), with bipolar, gelatinous, thread-like appeandages. |
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| Sheath: |
Not observed. |
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| Appendage: |
Bipolar appendages, hamate at first, then unfurling to a fine thread in water. |
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| Culture: |
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| Anamorph: |
Not observed. |
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Other info
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| Type & Location: |
SOUTH AFRICA: Kwa Zulu-Natal, Mt Unzini, The National Monument, on submerged rachis of Raphia australia, Nov. 1994, K.D. Hyde and T. Steinke, SARAB (HKU(M) 2205, holotype. |
| Other Specimens: |
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| Substratum: |
Raphia australia; herbaceous and woody debris. |
| Habitat: |
Lentic and lotic. |
| Distribution: |
South Africa; USA (FL, TN) |
| Pertinent Literature: |
Hyde, Ho & Tsui 1999. |
| Comments: |
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Additional Pictures
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Appendages prior to unfurling.
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Asci.
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Ascospores with unfurling appendages.
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Ascus apical pore.
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Ascus apex.
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Unfurled ascospore appendages.
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