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Mycosphaerella rhododendri Lindau, 1903 (an ascomycete)

Date: 22 April 2007
Location: Surrey, England
State: Fruitbody
Record Summary: groups of perithecia on dead patches on live Rhododendron leaves
Identification Notes: Perithecia: black, 0.07mm diam, immersed, in groups. On dead patch on living leaf, not on bleached areas.

Ascospores: narrowly ellipsoid, 10/2.5µm, hyaline, 1-septate.

Images etc

magnified photograph Perithecia - close-up - magnified 71 Kb 470 by 376 pixels
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microscope photograph Asci - magnified 352 by 500 pixels
microscope photograph Asci - highly magnified 500 by 477 pixels
microscope photograph Asci and ascospore - highly magnified 500 by 355 pixels
microscope photograph Asci and ascospores - magnified 500 by 379 pixels
microscope photograph Ascus - highly magnified 500 by 383 pixels
microscope photograph Perithecia - squash prep - magnified 500 by 363 pixels
microscope photograph Perithecia - squash prep - magnified 500 by 314 pixels
microscope photograph Perithecial contents - squash prep - magnified 500 by 362 pixels
microscope photograph Perithecium - squash prep - magnified 500 by 296 pixels

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