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Clonostachys rosea

Clonostachys rosea (J.C. Gilman & E.V. Abbott) Schroers, Studies in Mycology 46: 69 (2001)

Index Fungorum number: IF 485118

Facesoffungi number: FoF 06012

 

Fungicolous on cotton layer on the sclerotium of Ophiocordyceps sinensis. Asexual morph: Conidiophores septate, branched, hyaline, smooth-walled. Phialides hyaline, in whorls of 2–5, 25–40 μm ( = 32.5 μm, n = 20) long, 2.0–2.5 μm ( = 2.2 μm, n = 30) wide at base, 1–2 μm ( = 1.8 μm, n = 30) wide near aperture. Secondary conidiophores phialides, wide near aperture, 10–15 μm (= 12.6 μm, n = 30) long, 2.0–2.5 μm ( = 2.2 μm, n = 30) wide at base, 2.5–3.0 μm ( = 2.8 μm, n = 30) at widest point, 1–1.5 μm ( = 1.3 μm, n = 30). Conidia hyaline, aggregated in slimy and hyaline masses, hyaline, minutely curved, distally broadly rounded or slightly tapering, with a laterally displaced hilum, 4.5–5.5 × 2.5–3.0 μm (= 5.1 × 2.8 μm, n = 30). Sexual morph: Undetermined. (Description from Sun et al. 2019)

Material examined – CHINA, Guang Dong Province, Dong Guan city, on a fruiting body of cultivated Ophiocordyceps sinensis. 12 December 2015; Liu X. Z. (HMAS 281238), living culture CGMCC 3.19064.

GenBank no. ITS: MH459148, TUB: MH464775 (Sun et al. 2019)

 

 

Figure: Clonostachys rosea (HMAS 281238). a–c Host. d Colony on agar media e–I Conidiophores, phialides and conidial attachments j Conidia. (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 Mycology2(1), pp.129-169. https://asianjournalofmycology.org/pdf/AJOM_2_1_7.pdf

 

 

 

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