Paecilomyces maximus
Paecilomyces formosus (Sakag., May. Inoue & Tada) Houbraken & Samson, in Samson, Houbraken, Varga & Frisvad, Persoonia 22: 21 (2009) _Species Fungorum (2023)
Current name: Paecilomyces maximus C. Ram 1968
Index Fungorum number: IF 512562
Facesoffungi number: FoF 06017
Fungicolous on the fruiting body of Fistulina sp. Asexual morph: Mycelium mostly immersed in the substratum. Conidiophores hyaline, irregularly branched, with 2-5 verticils. Phialides monothetic, alternate, occurring directly on aerial hyphae, tapering gradually from the base to the tip, 15–30 × 1.5–2.5 μm (x̅ = 20 × 2 μm, n = 20). Conidia hyaline, one-celled, smooth-walled, ovoid or oblong, 3.5–6.0 × 2–3 μm (x̅ = 4 × 2.5 μm, n = 20). Sexual morph: Undetermined. (Description from Sun et al. 2019)
Material examined – CHINA, Guang Xi Province, on a fruiting body of Fistulina sp. 15 April 2017; Dong C. H., living culture CGMCC 3.19066.
GenBank no. ITS: MH459158 (Sun et al. 2019)
Figure: Paecilomyces maximus (CGMCC 3.19066). a White colony on the fruiting body of Fistulina sp. c Conidiophores. d–f Phialides. g–i Conidia. Scale bars: b = 2000 μm), c = 25 μm, d–g = 10 μm, h–i = 2 μm. (Source: Sun et al. 2019)
Reference:
Sun, J.Z., Liu, X.Z., Jeewon, R., Li, Y.L., Lin, C.G., Tian, Q., Zhao, Q., Xiao, X.P., Hyde, K.D. and Nilthong, S., 2019. Fifteen fungicolous Ascomycetes on edible and medicinal mushrooms in China and Thailand. Asian Journal of Mycology, 2(1), pp.129-169. https://asianjournalofmycology.org/pdf/AJOM_2_1_7.pdf
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