Rhizopus oryzae Went & Prins. Geerl., Verh. K. Akad. Wet

Rhizopus oryzae Went & Prins. Geerl., Verh. K. Akad. Wet., tweede sect. 4 (2): 16 (1895) Index Fungorum registration number: 433253 Colonies on PDA are rapidly growing, covered the entire 9 cm plate in four days at 28–30 0 C, white, turned brownish with sporulation and aging, reverse white, filamentous, margin filiform, appearance hairy or cottony, mycelia raised (Figure 1a, b, 2d, e, 3a, b, 4a, b.). Sporangiophore 1–2.5 mm (x̄=1.8) in length and 8–14 μm (x̄=9) in width, branched, aseptate, stout with dichotomous or trichotomous branching (Figure 4c.), smooth-walled and ribbon-like, rhizoids present at the base. Sporangia 160–240 μm (x̄=212) diam., globose, black (Figure 1c, 2f, 3c.). Notes: The Rhizopus isolate from Arachis hypogea kernel (MZ314418) and the seed coat (MZ323688) showed 99% percentage similarity to Rhizopus oryzae accessions MH865580 (identity: 582/584, gaps: 2/584) and KJ417528 (identity: 630/635, gaps: 3/635) respectively. The isolate (MZ277274) from Oryza sativa showed 97.90% similarity to KJ417528 (identity: 605/618, gaps: 2/618). This isolate (MZ277277) from Vigna radiata shared a similarity index of 97.93% to Rhizopus oryzae reference sequence MH857485 (identity: 569/581, gaps: 1/581).