Polystromomyces araneae

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Polystromomyces araneae
Polystromomyces araneae
Polystromomyces araneae
Polystromomyces araneae
Polystromomyces araneae
Polystromomyces araneae
Polystromomyces araneae
Polystromomyces araneae
Polystromomyces araneae
Polystromomyces araneae
Polystromomyces araneae
Polystromomyces araneae


Holotype:

THAILAND, Tak Province, Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary, 6 Dec. 2020, B. Sakolrak, holotype BBH 49054, ex-type living culture BCC 93301.


Habitat:

Underside of leaf.


Host:

Spider eggs.


Description:

Hosts covered by dense pale yellow mycelium. Sexual morph: Stromata stipitate, arising from the host, multiple, cylindrical at the base, slightly enlarged midway to the terminal stipe below the fertile head, moderate yellow, 8-12 mm long, 1-3 mm broad. Fertile head disc-shaped, upper surface slightly convex, 3-4 × 2-3.5 mm. Perithecia completely immersed, narrowly ovoid, 1000-1400 × 200-350 μm, ostiole pale brownish-orange. Asci cylindrical, 8-spored, 400-1000 μm long, 3.5-6 μm broad, with cap 2-5 μm thick. Ascospores hyaline, dissociating into 128 part-spores, cylindrical, 2-6 × 1-3 μm.


Culture characteristics:

Colonies on PDA attaining a diam of 8–10 mm in 20 d, mycelium sparse, white, reverse pale yellow. Conidia forming on vegetative hyphae or by microcyclic conidiation, hyaline, clavate to cylindrical, 2–12 × 1–5 μm.




Reference:

  • Mongkolsamrit S, Noisripoom W, Tasanathai K, et al. (2022). Comprehensive treatise of Hevansia and three new genera Jenniferia, Parahevansia and Polystromomyces on spiders in Cordycipitaceae from Thailand. MycoKeys 91: 113–149.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.91.83091
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Reference

Strain

ITS

LSU

RPB1

RPB2

TEF1

BCC 93301 MZ684101 MZ684016 MZ707832 MZ707845 MZ707825