Pleospora allii (Rabenh.) Ces. & De Not., 1863 (an ascomycete)

Date:	13 June 2007 (Date may be unnatural as specimen was cultured, reared, grown or otherwise kept in captivity)
OS grid ref:	SW62
Lat/Lon:	50° 0' N, 5° 20' W
Location:	Vice County: West Cornwall, VC1, England
Voucher:	13/06/2007[K] (Please quote this in any queries about this record)
Stage or state:	Imperfect stage
Record Summary:	Stemphylium state on dead lower leaves of Spurrey after keeping in fridge for a week.
Associated organism:	on dead leaf of Spegularia
Identification Notes:	Stemphylium state. Conidia: 55-85/13-23µm, brown, verruculose, cylindric or slightly broader below, muriform, usually constricted at 3 major septa; apex rounded, sometimes with small pale or hyaline, oblique protruberance. Conidiophore: cylindric, pale grey-brown, septate, apex dark banded, swollen, collapsing to form a cup after conidium discharged, often swollen and/or dark banded below. Upper leaves were infected with Albugo lepigoni, the sporangia of which contaminated the microscope preps.