BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Volutella ciliata (Alb. & Schwein.) Fr., 1832 (an anamorphic fungus)
| Date: | 10 September 2006 |
| Location: | Berks, England |
| Voucher: | 10/09/2006[A] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
| State: | Imperfect stage |
| Record Summary: | on dead, wet, decaying Bogbean rhizome at edge of pond |
| Associated organism: | on dead, wet, decaying rhizome of Menyanthes trifoliata |
| Identification Notes: | Numerous small white mucilaginous lumps with radiating hyaline hyphae. Radiating hyphae: hyaline, septate, thick-walled (but soft), tapered (12-3µm diam) to smooth pointed tip, growing from central base, embedded in mucilaginous mass of conidia, surrounding hyaline, radiating, thin-walled, branching hyphae terminating in conidiophores. Conidia of two types: mainly 3-5/2µm, elipsoid, but some larger conidia, 13-14/3µm cylindric on the outside of the spore masses These latter are probably contaminant. Re-examined the following day: conidia 5-7(12)/1.5-2(2.5)µm. |
Images etc
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In situ - highly magnified | 500 by 289 pixels | ||
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In situ - highly magnified | 500 by 313 pixels | ||
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Base of setae - magnified | 500 by 333 pixels | ||
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Colony - squash prep - magnified | 460 by 500 pixels | ||
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Conidia - highly magnified | 500 by 455 pixels | ||
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Conidia - highly magnified | 500 by 333 pixels | ||
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Conidia and setae - magnified | 500 by 366 pixels | ||
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Seta and richly branched conidiophore at base - magnified | 333 by 500 pixels | ||
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Seta tip and conidia - highly magnified | 500 by 333 pixels | ||
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Setae and conidia | 500 by 392 pixels | ||
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Setae, conidiophore masses and conidia - magnified | 500 by 333 pixels |
