BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Chaetocladium brefeldii Tiegh. & G. Le Monn., 1873 (a zygomycete fungus)

Date: 21 February 2004
Location: Berks, England
Record Summary: on rat droppings from plastic compost bin after 36hours culturing
Associated organism: on cultured droppings of Rattus norvegicus
Capture method: cultured
Identification Notes: Sporangiophores with clusters of branches with protruding tips.
Sporangioles: 4-5.5µm diam, smooth.

Images etc

microscope photograph Cluster of branches on sporangium - magnified 500 by 333 pixels
microscope photograph Cluster of branches on sporangium - magnified 500 by 444 pixels
microscope photograph Sporangioles and branch terminations - magnified 500 by 369 pixels
microscope photograph Sporangioles and branch terminations - magnified 500 by 346 pixels
microscope photograph Sporangioles and branch terminations - magnified 500 by 337 pixels

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