Holotype:
THAILAND, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Khao Yai National Park, 19 Sep. 2018, J.J. Luangsa-ard, K. Tasanathai, D. Thanakitpipattana, B. Sakolrak, R. Somnuk, S. Mongkolsamrit, W. Noisripoom, W. Himaman, holotype BBH 47504, ex-type living culture BCC 89247.
Habitat:
Buried in the ground.
Host:
Coleoptera larva.
Description:
Stromata protruding from the ground with several loosely connected stromata emerging from the host, 10-15 cm long, up to 10 mm wide. Fertile part on the terminal end ca one-third of the stroma, purple to black. Perithecia crowded, ordinal in arrangement, completely immersed, elongate ovoid, 600-870 × 250-500 μm. Asci cylindrical, 8-spored, 245-280 × 6-8 μm. Ascospores hyaline, filiform, multi-septate, 200-275 × 1.5-2 μm. Asexual morph conidiophores consisting of verticillate branches with whorls of phialides. Phialides cylindrical, 5-8 × 2-3 μm. Conidia smooth-walled, hyaline, fusiform, 4-10 × 2-3 μm.
Culture characteristics:
Colonies on PDA extremely slow growing. Conidia and reproductive structures not observed.
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.2020.04.001Species |
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Strain |
LSU | RPB1 | RPB2 | SSU | TEF1 |
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| BCC 89247 | - | MN781771 | MN781817 | - | MN781725 |
| BCC 89248 | MN781870 | - | MN781819 | MN781964 | MN781728 |
| BCC 89249 | MN781869 | MN781772 | MN781818 | MN781963 | MN781726 |