Ramularia beticola Fautrey & Lambotte, (a beet leaf-spot fungus)


17 Sep 2008 at OSGR: SU56 in Berks, England

Record Summaryleaf spots on Spinach Beet ’Perpetual’
Found asAnamorph
Date17 September 2008
Associated organismBeta vulgaris ssp cicla var cicla
OS grid refOSGR: SU56
Lat/Lon51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland
Voucher17 Sep 2008[A]
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Notes:

Spots 3-10mm diam, grey-brown, concentrically zonate, with narrow yellowish border; centre often dropping out to form shot hole.

Conidiophores amphigenous, but mainly hypophyllous, hyaline, emerging in clusters through stomata.

Conidia: hyaline, cylindric, 9-24/3-3,5µm, the larger conidia 1-septate.

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