Chaetomium
Chaetomium:- 1. Classification:- Kingdom:- Myceteae Division:- Am astigomycota Sub division:- Ascomycotina Class:- Ascomycetes Sub-class:- Hymenoascomycetidae Order:- Xylariales (Sphaeriales) Family:- Chaetomiaceae Genus:- Chaetomium 2. Habit and Habitat:- > It is an obligate saprophyte which is found on decaying plant material such as logs and stumps, dead twigs and branches of trees, dead leaves and stems of herbaceous plants. > Large genus with 96 species. i. C. hispidum ii. C. tetrasporum iii. C. globosum iv. C. convolutum 3. Thallus structure:- > The mycelium is composed of septate hyphae. > The hyphae are branched and composed of uninucleated cells. 4. Reproduction:- > Only sexual reproduction takes place. > Most of the species are homothallic, but some are heterothallic. > Plasmogamy takes place by gametangial contact and by trichogyne contact. > Dikaryophase is in the form of ascogenous hyphae. >...