Neotorula aquatica
Neotorula aquatica Z.L. Luo & K.D. Hyde
Index Fungorum number: IF 551828; Facesoffungi number: FoF 01749
Etymology: In reference to the aquatic habitat
Holotype: HKAS 84001
Colonies on the substratum superficial, effuse, gregarious, hairy, dark brown. Mycelium immersed, composed of septate, branched, thin-walled, smooth, pale brown hyphae. Conidiophores mononematous, macronematous, septate, erect, straight, or flexuous, smooth, dark brown, paler towards the apex, cylindrical, 3–6-septate, 35–47 μm (x̄=41 μm, SD = 6, n = 10) long, 6–7 μm (x̄ = 6.5 μm, SD = 0.5, n = 10) wide. Conidiogenous cells mono- to polytretic, integrated or discrete, terminal, pale brown, doliiform or lageniform. Conidia acrogenous, in short chains, dry, clavate to subcylindrical, rounded at the apex, 2–4-septate, dark bands at the septa, verruculose, pale green when young, brown when mature, 11–16 μm (x̄=13.5 μm, SD = 2.5, n = 30) long, 5–6 μm (x̄ = 5.5 μm, SD = 0.5, n = 30) wide, conidial secession schizolytic. (Descriptions from Su et al. 2016)
Material examined: CHINA, Yunnan Province, Dali, Cangshan Mountain, Lingquan stream, saprobic on submerged decaying wood, March 2014, Hong-Yan Su, S-087 (HKAS 84001, holotype), ex-type culture, MFLUCC 15–0342, KUMCC; ibid. (DLU-087, isotype).
Freshwater Distribution: China (Su et al. 2016)
Fig 1. Neotorula aquatica (HKAS 84001, holotype) a. Branched chains of conidia. b. Conidiophores. c-f. Conidia. g. Germinating conidium. h, i. Cultures on MEA. Scale bars: a = 30 μm, b-d, g = 20 μm, e-f = 10 μm. (Su et al. 2016)
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