marina

Botryophialophora Linder, 1944. Farlowia, 1: 404.

Type species:

Botryophialophora marina Linder, Farlowia 1 (3): 404 (1944)

Index Fungorum Number: 284641                         Faceoffungi Number:N/A

Saprobic on wood, Asexual morph: Hyphae 4-10 µm in diam., septate, simple or branched, hyaline or light coloured. Conidiophores subglobose or irregularly polygonal, lateral or apical on the main hyphae, bearing clusters of uo to 20 or more conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells 3.5-8.5 µm long, 1.5-3.3 µm in diam., phialidic, flask-shaped, apex narrow, trumpet-shaped, simple, hyaline, on conidiophores or rarely produced singly on hyphae. Conidia enteroblastic-phialidic, 2-3.3 µm in diam., globose or subglobose, one-celled, hyaline, containing a large vacuole. Sexual morph: Undetermined.

Description based on Kohlmeyer & Kohlmeyer (1979).

Key references:

Abdel–Wahab MA (2012). Taxonomy of filamentous anamorphic marine fungi: morphology and molecular evidence. In: Marine Fungi and Fungal-like Organisms, De Gruyter, Berlin (eds. EBG Jones, KL Pang), pp 65–90.

Barghoorn ES, Linder DH (1944). Marine fungi: their taxonomy and biology. Farlowia. 1(3): 395–467.

Pawar NS, Borse BD (2005). Marine fungi from Sundarbans (India) V. J. Phytol. Res. 18: 1–9.