Rhizophlyctis mastigotrichis (Nowak.) A. Fisch. 1891 [1892]

Details

Name scientific

Rhizophlyctis mastigotrichis (Nowak.) A. Fisch. 1891 [1892]

Preferred name

Rhizophlyctis mastigotrichis (Nowak.) A. Fisch. 1891 [1892]

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Uncertain

Present

New Zealand

Political Region

Biome=Freshwater;

Nomenclature

Authors

(Nowak.) A. Fisch.

Original authors

Nowak.

Combination authors

A. Fisch.

Publication place

Fischer, A. 1891[1892]: Phycomycetes. Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Oesterreich und der Schweiz. 1. Eduard Kummer.

Year published

1891

Year on publication

1892

Publication page

121

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Chytridium mastigotrichis Nowak. 1876

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Rhizophlyctis mastigotrichis

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Chytridiomycota

Class

Chytridiomycetes

Order

Rhizophlyctidales

Family

Rhizophlyctidaceae

Genus

Rhizophlyctis

Species

mastigotrichis

Synonyms

Chytridium mastigotrichis Nowak. 1876

Descriptions

Golubeva, O.G.; Stephenson, S.L. 2003: Zoosporic fungi from subantarctic Campbell Island. New Zealand Journal of Botany 41(2): 319-324.

Rhizophlyctis mastigotrichis (Nowak.) A. Fisch. 1891 [1892]

Collections Examined

Campbell Island: VOUCHER SPECIMEN: LE 221996. COLLECTION SITE: Stream 6 (both samples).

Description

DESCRIPTION: Thallus monocentric. Zoosporangia inoperculate, spherical or ellipsoidal, thin-walled, colourless, about 40 µm in diam., each with a short apical exit tube. Rhizoids sometimes absent or 1-2, arising from the base of the zoosporangium. Zoospores 5 x 8 µm, ovoid, with a large oil globule, emerging through the pore on the top of the papilla or exit tube and forming a globular mass enveloped in the hyaline matrix. Resting spores were not observed.

Notes

COMMENTS: This species occurs as a saprotroph on various types of plant debris in water and also has been isolated from soil on cellulose substrates. It has been recorded from Europe, Asia, and South America.