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Monodictys sessilis

Monodictys sessilis Hol.-Jech.

Index Fungorum number: IF 103581

 

Description from Holubová-Jechová and Sierra (1986) observed from a dead rotten trunk, not freshwater:

 

Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Colonies black, punctiform. Basal hyphae immersed or partly superficial, forming a dense network as a pseudostromatic layer immersed in the substratum. Conidiophores micronematous. Conidia muriform, oblong, ellipsoidal, ovid, mid to dark brown, smooth, 63–115 × 36–48 µm, rounded at their ends.

 

Freshwater distribution: China (Tsui et al. 2000, 2001)

 

References

Tsui CKM, Hyde KD, Hodgkiss IJ (2000) Biodiversity of fungi on submerged wood in Hong Kong streams. Aquat Microb Ecol 21:289–298. https://doi.org/10.3354/ame021289

Tsui CKM, Hyde KD, Hodgkiss IJ (2001) Longitudinal and temporal distribution of freshwater ascomycetes and dematiaceous hyphomycetes on submerged wood in the Lam Tsuen River, Hong Kong. J North Am Benthol Soc 20:533–549. https://doi.org/10.2307/1468086

Holubová-Jechová V, Mercado Sierra A (1986) Studies on Hyphomycetes from Cuba IV. Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes from the Province Pinar del Rio. Czech Mycol 40:142–164

 

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