Bactrodesmium
linderi
(J.L. Crane & Shearer) M.E. Palm & E.L. Stewart, Mycotaxon 15: 319 (1982)
Dothideomycetes Genera incertae sedis
Asexual morph: Colonies sporodochial, hyaline becoming black, conidiophores micronematous, smooth, thin-walled, hyaline or thick-walled brown, conidiogenous cells holoblastic, integrated, terminal or intercalary, smooth, cylindrical, determinate, conidia solitary, subglobose to obpyriform, 1-2-septate, not constricted at the septa, dark brown to black, 20-33.6 × 14.5-20.5 μm. Sexual morph: Undetermined. (Description based on Pang et al. (2011)).
Key references:
Abdel-Wahab MA, Bahkali HA (2012). Taxonomy of filamentous anamorphic marine fungi: morphology and molecular evidence. In: Marine fungi and fungal-like organisms. (Jones EBG, Pang KL, eds) Dr Gruyter, Berlin, 65-90.
Borse BD, Bhat DJ, Borse KN, Tuwar AR, Paear NS (2012), Marine fungi of India. Broadway, India pp. 471.
Crane, J.L.; Shearer, C.A. 1978. Two new species of Trichocladium (Hyphomycetes) from submerged wood. Mycologia. 70:866-874
Palm ME, Stewart EL (1982). Two new combinations in Bactrodesmium. Mycotaxon. 15:319-325.
Pang KL, Jheng JS, Jones EBG. (2011). Marine mangrove fungi of Taiwan. National Taiwan Ocean University Press, Keelung. pp. 131.
Image: Bactrodesmium linderi. (a) Conidia on wood surface. (b) Dark-coloured, obpyriform
conidia. Scale bar: a=300 μm; b=10 μm. Photo reproduced with the permission of the National Taiwan Ocean University.