PETROMYCES MURICATUS, A NEW SPECIES WITH AN ASPERGILLUS ANAMORPH

Authors
UDAGAWA S UCHIYAMA S KAMIYA S
Citation
S. Udagawa et al., PETROMYCES MURICATUS, A NEW SPECIES WITH AN ASPERGILLUS ANAMORPH, Mycotaxon, 52(1), 1994, pp. 207-214
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Mycology
Journal title
Mycotaxon → ACNP
ISSN journal
00934666
Volume
52
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
207 - 214
Database
ISI
SICI code
0093-4666(1994)52:1<207:PMANSW>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A new species of Petromyces (Ascomycetes: Trichocomaceae) is described and illustrated as P. muricatus. It is characterized by pale yellow t o flesh colored ascostromata, oblate ascospores with a low equatorial rim and spinulose surfaces, and an Aspergillus anamorph belonging to t he section Circumdati of the subgenus Circumdati (=A. ochraceus group) . The holotype was isolated from grassland soil in the Philippines.