Aposphaeria (unidentified), (unidentified Aposphaeria coelomycetes)


18 Dec 1999 at OSGR: SU57 in Berks, England

Record Summaryon bleached patches on fallen Sweet Chestnut leaf
Found asAnamorph
Date18 December 1999
Associated organismCastanea sativa
OS grid refOSGR: SU57
Lat/Lon51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland
Voucher18 Dec 1999[D]
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Notes:

Round black pycnothyria 0.15-0.25mm diam, gregarious on upper surface of bleached patches on rather wet fallen leaf.

Swollen and very shiny (like glass) when wet, drying flatter with raised central pimple and less shiny.

Conidia: 3-5/1µm, cylindric, tapered at one end and probably septate.

Conodiophores forming a palisade.

Darkened ring round ostiole.

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