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Botrytis cinerea Pers., 1822 (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Date: 2 July 2000
Location: Berks, England
State: Imperfect stage
Record Summary: Mould on rat dropping
Associated organism: on dropping of Rattus
Identification Notes: Lower part of aerial hyphae: brown, septate, 5-13µm diam.
Upper part of aerial hyphae: hyaline, cyanophilic, with branches constricted at base, di- to tri-chotomous at the tips.
Conidia: 7.7-9/5µm hyaline, smooth, ellipsoid, cyanophilic.

Images etc

magnified photograph Aerial hyphae - close-up 500 by 400 pixels
magnified photograph Aerial hyphae - close-up 500 by 469 pixels
magnified photograph Aerial hyphae - close-up 500 by 404 pixels
magnified photograph Aerial hyphae - close-up 500 by 384 pixels
magnified photograph Aerial hyphae - close-up 500 by 400 pixels
magnified photograph Aerial hyphae - close-up 500 by 400 pixels
magnified photograph Aerial hyphae - close-up 500 by 407 pixels
magnified photograph Aerial hyphae - close-up 500 by 324 pixels
naked eye photograph Dung with mycelium 500 by 384 pixels
naked eye photograph Dung with mycelium 500 by 343 pixels
naked eye photograph Dung with mycelium 500 by 391 pixels
naked eye photograph Dung with mycelium 448 by 500 pixels
microscope photograph Basal and upper parts of aerial hyphae 500 by 377 pixels
microscope photograph Basal part of hypha showing septa 500 by 171 pixels
microscope photograph Basal parts of hyphae 500 by 400 pixels
microscope photograph Branching at tip of aerial hypha 332 by 500 pixels
microscope photograph Branching at tip of aerial hypha 383 by 500 pixels
microscope photograph Conidial mass on aerial hyphal branches 48 Kb 342 by 407 pixels
microscope photograph Conidial mass on aerial hyphal branching 500 by 400 pixels

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