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Eukaryota
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MYCETEAE
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ZYGOMYCOTA
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MUCORALES
(a fungus)
Syzygites megalocarpus
(a pin mould)
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Syzygites megalocarpus Ehrenb., 1818 (a pin mould)

Date: 18 September 2005
Location: N. Hants, England
Voucher: 18/09/2005[B]
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State: Infection
Record Summary: Colonies on gills of old Lactarius controversus cap
Associated organism: on old gills of Lactarius controversus
Identification Notes: Grey effuse colonies with repeatedly dichotomous sprangiophores and grey sporangia.

Spores: globose, often slightly misshapen, 18-30µm diam, pale yellowish grey.
Photo Summary: Infection, sporangiophores, sporangia, sporangioles, spores

Images etc

naked eye photograph Colony - close-up - enlarged 500 by 332 pixels
naked eye photograph Colony - close-up - enlarged 500 by 332 pixels
naked eye photograph Colony - close-up 500 by 332 pixels
naked eye photograph Sporangiophores - highly enlarged 437 by 500 pixels
naked eye photograph Sporangiophores and hyphae - highly enlarged 500 by 327 pixels
microscope photograph Sporangiole - magnified 500 by 442 pixels
microscope photograph Sporangiophores - magnified 500 by 345 pixels
microscope photograph Sporangiophores - magnified 500 by 333 pixels
microscope photograph Sporangiophores - magnified 500 by 373 pixels
microscope photograph Sporangiophores - magnified 500 by 333 pixels
microscope photograph Sporangium - septate base - magnified 175 by 500 pixels
microscope photograph Sporangium - septate base - magnified 141 by 500 pixels
microscope photograph Spores - magnified 500 by 391 pixels
microscope photograph Spores - on sporangium - magnified 500 by 421 pixels