VA105C
ACCESSION DATE
04/20/1991
GRANT FY
2000
CONTRIBUTOR
Chris Walker
ADDRESS
Forestry CommissionNorthern Research StationRoslin, Midlothian, UK EH25 9SY
PROPRIETARY
No
GROWTH PROMOTER
Yes
GENUS
SPECIES
gigantea
SITE OF ORIGIN
Virginia. Sand dune (0.37 mm average particle size) on Assateague Island; collected from rhizosphere of a mixed community of Ammophila and Solidago, pH 6.2-6.8, < 10 ppm P.
PH
0
P LEVEL
0
PRECIP
0
TEMPERATURE
0
PLANT COMMUNITY
0
NOTES
Failed in generation -8 with no spores. Pure culture. Many spores produced.Tatiana Bibikova from Penn. St. U. claims to have observed germination of this fungus in 3 days at pH 4.1
TRAP CULTURE
0
TOTAL FUNGI
1
FAILED
Yes
REFERENCE CULTURE
No