Metarhizium candelabrum

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Metarhizium candelabrum
Metarhizium candelabrum
Metarhizium candelabrum
Metarhizium candelabrum
Metarhizium candelabrum
Metarhizium candelabrum


Holotype:

THAILAND, Kamphaeng Phet Province, Khlong Lan National Park, 2 Oct. 2007, B. Thongnuch, K. Tasanathai, S. Mongkolsamrit, P. Srikitikulchai, R. Ridkaew, A. Khonsanit, holotype BBH 22654, ex-type living culture BCC 29224.


Habitat:

Underside of dicotyledonous leaves.


Host:

Adult leafhopper.


Description:

Host covered with pale green mycelium and sporulating conidiophores. Conidia smooth-walled, pale green, cylindrical with rounded apices, 6-8 × 2-3 μm.


Culture characteristics:

Colonies on PDA attaining a diam of 15 mm in 30 d, white mycelium, fluffy, abundant aerial hyphae, entire edge, dark green in the centre of colonies due to production of conidia. Sporulation starts at 30 d after inoculation, reverse uncoloured. Conidiophores terminating in branches, with 2–3 phialides per branch. Phialides cylindrical with semi-papillate apices, 5–8 × 2 μm. Conidia smooth-walled, pale green, cylindrical with rounded apices, 6–9 × 1.5–2 μm.




Reference:

  • Mongkolsamrit S, Khonsanit A, Thanakitpipattana D, et al. (2020). Revisiting Metarhizium and the description of new species from Thailand. Studies in Mycology 95: 171–251.

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simyco.2020.04.001
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RPB1

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TEF1

BCC 29224 MN781881 MN781853 MN781755 MN781804 MN781952 MN781708