Holotype:
THAILAND, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Khao Yai National Park, 9 Jan. 2013, A. Khonsanit, S. Mongkolsamrit, W. Noisripoom, holotype BBH 33722, ex-type living culture BCC 60924.
Habitat:
Underside of dicotyledonous leaves.
Host:
Scale insects (Coccidae).
Description:
Sexual morph: stroma flat to umbonate, globose to subglobose, 2.5-4.5 mm in diam, pale greenish yellow to brilliant greenish yellow. Perithecium scattered or fused together, semi-embedded, numerous perithecia per stroma (≥10), occasionally developing singly in stroma, obpyriform, 260-430 × 90-170 μm. Ostioles strong orange to dark orange. Asci hyaline, cylindrical, 138-250 × 5-7 μm. Asci caps convex, 3-5 × 4-7 μm. Ascospores hyaline, disarticulating into part-spores, cylindrical with truncated ends, 5-11 × 1-1.5 μm. Asexual morph: stroma flat to umbonate, globose to subglobose, 1-4.5 mm in diam, pale greenish yellow to brilliant greenish yellow, strong orange yellow conidial masses. Only one conidioma per stroma, narrowly U-shaped, widely open orifice, 370-600 × 100-300 μm. Phialides hyaline, cylindrical, 10-22 × 1.5 μm. Conidia hyaline, fusiform with thickened wall on the side, 9-14 × 1-2 μm. Paraphyses present, hyaline, filiform, up to 173 μm long, 1-1.5 μm wide.
Culture characteristics:
Colonies on PDA compact, pulvinate, with wrinkled surface, attaining a diam of 8.5–11 mm in 2 wk, white, pale yellow green conidial masses. Colony reverse moderate yellow, pale yellow in the margins.
Reference:
Khonsanit A, Noisripoom W, Mongkolsamrit S, et al. (2021). Five new species of Moelleriella infecting scale insects (Coccidae) in Thailand. Mycological Progress 20: 847–867.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-021-01709-5Species |
Strain |
Compound |
Pubchem CID |
Biological activity |
Reference |
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Strain |
LSU | RPB1 | TEF1 |
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| BCC 60924 | KF951146 | MT672271 | KX254430 |
| BCC 60925 | KF951147 | MT672272 | KX254431 |
| BCC 60929 | KX298238 | MT672273 | KX254432 |
| BCC 60930 | KX298237 | - | KX254429 |