Glomerella graminicola

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Glomerella graminicola (anamorph Colletotrichum graminicola) is a fungus which causes anthracnose on cereals and grasses.

Identification

Stromata
  • 70-300 μm in diameter
  • Bear prominent, dark, septate spines (setae) up to 100 μm long.
    • Condia
  • Developing at the base of the spines
  • Hyaline to pale yellow, unicellular, sickle-shaped, falcate to fusiform, tapered toward both ends
  • 3-5 x 19-29 μm.
    • Phialides
  • Unicellular, hylanine and cylindrical,
  • 4-8 x 8-20 μm.
    • Growth on PDA
  • Gray and feltlike
  • Conida and appressoria are numerous when culture are well aerated, and sclerotia sometimes occur.
  • Appressoria are diagnostic: they are tawny brown, irregular-shaped in edge, prominent, and terminal on thickened hyphae.


    • Next Page


    This article is based on an article from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and is available under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License.
    In the Wikipedia there is a list with all authors of this article available.