VERTICILLIUM |
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Genus | Verticillium |
Species | Verticillium depauperatum Verticillium rubrum Verticillium serrae Verticillium dahliae Verticillium affinae Verticillium albo-atrum Verticillium fusisporum Verticillium luteoalbum |
Description | Verticillium is a widely distributed filamentous fungus that inhabits decaying vegetation and soil. Some Verticillium species may be pathogenic to arthropods, plants, and other fungi. It is commonly considered as a contaminant. Verticillium may very rarely cause human disease. |
Morphological definition | Septate hyaline hyphae, conidiophores, phialides, and conidia are observed. Conidiophores are hyaline, simple or branched. The branching of the conidiophores occurs in whorls (=verticillate; resembling spokes in a wheel from a central axis) at several levels. Conidiophores bear the phialides. Phialides are very long and are also arranged in verticils (whorls) around the conidiophore. Verticils may be disrupted in slide culture. The apices of the phialides are pointed. Conidia (2-13µm in length) are hyaline or brightly colored, one-celled, and oval to pyriform in shape. They are solitary or form clusters in sticky heads at the tips of the phialides. |
Availability | Decaying vegetation and soil |
Function | Pathogenic to arthropods, plants, and other fungi |
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