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