Alder – Sooty Mold
Scorias spongiosa
Sooty Mold Signs & Symptoms
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- Fungal mass (stroma) on branch
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- Fungal mass (stroma) on branch
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- Fungal mass (stroma) on branch
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- Fungal mass as seen under dissecting scope
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- Fungal mass as seen under dissecting scope. Individual pseudothecia and pycnidia evident.
Sooty Mold Pathogen
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- Pseudothecia and a pycnidium as seen in side view
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- Pseudothecium (left), pycnidium (right)
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- Tip of pycnidial neck with conidia escaping
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- Ascus and ascospores (left,middle), pycnidial neck with smaller conidia escaping (right)
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- Ascus and ascospores
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- Ascospores
