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| Record Summary | black patches on carrots, stored in garage |
| Found as | Anamorph |
| Date | 13 August 2007 |
| Associated organism | Daucus carota |
| OS grid ref | OSGR: SU56 |
| Lat/Lon | 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W |
| Vice County | Berks, VC no: 22 |
| Country | England |
| Voucher | 13 Aug 2007[A] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
Superficial black mould growth on carrots in domestic storage.
The three infection spots photographed in close-up were individually confirmed microscopically.
An extremely fertile mould with conidia of two types:
| Type 1 conidial chains: terminal, with dark grey walls, smooth, in chains of (2)3-9 so appearing multiseptate, shortly cylindric with flat ends, 7-9/10-11.5µm,(terminal conidium hemispherical), flat end-wall often with a minute central pore, arising from broad, c.8µm diam, multi-septate pale grey hyphae. |
| Type 2 phialoconidia: hyaline, smooth, cylindric, flat ended, very variable in size, 5-24/3-4.5µm, extruded through long tapering apex of pale grey narrowly fusiform phialides 130-180/7-8µm which are 3-7 septate towards base. |
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