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Bruce Watt, University of Maine, Bugwood.org
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Image Number: 5529898

blackleg fungus (Leptosphaeria maculans) (Desm.) Ces. & De Not.

Photographer:
Bruce Watt
Organization:
University of Maine
Descriptor:
Asexual Spore
Description:
Guttulate conidia stained with cotton blue
Image type:
Micrograph
Host:
cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis L.)

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Image location:
, Kennebec County

Subject

Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Subphylum: Pezizomycotina
Class: Dothideomycetes
Subclass: Dothideomycetidae
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Leptosphaeriaceae
Genus: Leptosphaeria
Subject: Leptosphaeria maculans (Desm.) Ces. & De Not.

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Capparales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Brassica
Subject: Brassica oleracea var. botrytis L.
Node Affiliation:
Cornell University
Image uploaded:
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Image last updated:
Thursday, April 2, 2015