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F. equiseti (Corda) Sacc. sensu Gordon

 

Microconidia: In aerial mycelium, oval to comma-shaped

 

Macroconidia: Thick-walled, falcate, with a distinctive curvature, particularly in the apical cell, which can be whip-like. Basal cells distinctly foot-shaped

 

Conidiophores: branched and unbranched monophialides.

 

Chlamydospores: Abundant, produced in chains and clumps, rough-walled.

 

Perfect State: Gibberella intricans Wollenw.

 

On PDA: rapid growth, profuse aerial mycelium that is white, becoming tan, with tan to brown undersurface that may be carmine red. Orange sporodochia may be present in older cultures.

 

 

 

 

F. equiseti macroconidia
F. equiseti chlamydospores

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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