Conidiobolus khandalensis Sriniv. & Thirum., Mycologia 54(6): 692 (1963) [1962]

Nie, Yong, Yu, De-Shui, Wang, Cheng-Fang, Liu, Xiao-Yong & Huang, Bo, 2020, A taxonomic revision of the genus Conidiobolus (Ancylistaceae, Entomophthorales): four clades including three new genera, MycoKeys 66, pp. 55-81 : 55

Conidiobolus khandalensis Sriniv. & Thirum., Mycologia 54(6): 692 (1963) [1962] Figure 5h

Specimens examined.

India, Khandala, Dec. 1961, Srinivasan and Thirumalachar, ATCC 15162.

Description.

Refer to Srinivasan and Thirumalachar (1962b). Microconidia produced from global conidia on the 2% water-agar at 16 °C (Fig. 5h ).

Notes.

According to the original morphological description ( Srinivasan and Thirumalachar 1962b) and the re-examination by King (1977), microconidia have not been reported. However, we observed the microconidia produced from global conidia on 2% water-agar at 16 °C. Moreover, this specimen was located in the Conidiobolus lineage (Figure 1 ) which was supported by our morphological analyses.

Figures

Figure 1. Phylogenetic tree constructed by maximum likelihood analyses of nucLSU, nucSSU, EF- 1 α and mtSSU sequences for Entomophthoromycotina, with some chytrid and mucoralean fungi as outgroups. Three new genera and one Chinese new record are shown in red. Maximum likelihood bootstrap values (≥ 50 %) / Bayesian posterior probabilities (≥ 0.50) of main clades are indicated along branches. Scale bar indicates substitutions per site.

Figure 5. a-g Conidiobolus iuxtagenitus h Conidiobolus khandalensis a colony on PDA after 3 d at 21 ° C b primary conidiophores bearing primary conidia c primary conidia d tertiary fusiform conidium from a globose spore e zygospore formation with the beak almost emptied of protoplasm f production of secondary conidia g zygospores h microconidia produced from global conidia. Scale bars: 10 mm (a); 20 μm (b-h).