Ophiostoma manchongi R.L. Chang & Z.W. de Beer 2020
MycoBank MB 827336
Holotype: : China: Qinghai province: Xianmi Forest Farm, from Uropodoidea sp. in gallery of Ips shangrila on Picea purpurea, 8 Aug. 2010, S. J. Taerum (PREM61580 –
holotype (dried culture); CMW41954 = CBS141906 – extype culture).
Morphological description
Sexual morph not observed. Asexual morph sporothrix-like, erect, arising directly from the mycelium. Conidia hyaline, 1-celled, smooth, oblong, obovoid (3–) 4–5.5 (− 7) x (1.5–) 2–3 (− 4.5) μm.
Culture characteristics: colonies at first hyaline, later becoming dark brown at the centre. Mycelium superficial on the agar. Optimal temperature for growth 25 °C, reaching 29.6 mm diam in 10 d. No growth at 5 °C or 35 °C.
Habitat: From Uropodoidea sp.
Distribution: In China.
GenBank Accession: ITS/ITS2-LSU: MH121662;BT: MH124465; EF:
Notes:
Reference: Runlei Chang1,2, Tuan A. Duong1, Stephen J. Taerum1 et al.
Morphological characters of asexual structure of Ophiostoma manchongi sp. nov. a Cultures on malt extract agar (MEA); b, e, f conidiogenous cells and conidia; c, d mycelium. –Scale bars: 10 μm
