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Acremoniella atra (Corda) Sacc., 1886 (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Date: 23 October 2006
Location: Carmarthen, Wales
Voucher: 23/10/2006[E]
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State: Imperfect stage
Record Summary: inside lower part of hollow, dead Hogweed stem
Associated organism: inside hollow, dead lower stem of Heracleum sphondylium
Identification Notes: Growing with unidentified Phoma.

Conidia: 20-30/16-22µm, ovoid, with thinning or small projection at point of attachment, grey in water, brown in lactophenol.
Conidiophores effuse, hyaline, with pointed branches arising at right angles.

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microscope photograph Conidia - magnified 500 by 424 pixels
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microscope photograph Conidia - magnified 500 by 333 pixels
microscope photograph Conidia - magnified 500 by 333 pixels
microscope photograph Conidia - magnified 500 by 333 pixels
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microscope photograph Conidia and conidiophores - magnified 500 by 334 pixels
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microscope photograph Conidiophores and conidia - highly magnified 500 by 333 pixels

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