Pathogen
Epicoccum nigrum
Overview
Scientific name
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Epicoccum nigrum |
Genus
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Epicoccum |
EPPO code
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PHOMEC |
Common name
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Leaf spot of cereals |
Synonyms
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Epicoccum purpurascens |
Description
From ISTA's ' Common Laboratory Seed Health Testing Methods for Detecting Fungi':
The fungus produces brown to black sporodochia, usually in groups. Sporodochia appear rough and granular, containing numerous small, brownish black, more of less spherical conidia on short and stout conidiophores, 15-25 μm. The conidial wall is verrucose to tubercular or areolate.