A Pictorial Guide for the Identification of Mold ... - OAR@ICRISAT
A Pictorial Guide for the Identification of Mold ... - OAR@ICRISAT
A Pictorial Guide for the Identification of Mold ... - OAR@ICRISAT
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<strong>Identification</strong> and Photomicrography <strong>of</strong> Fungi<br />
Each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> grains in <strong>the</strong> four treatments were examined under a stereoscopic microscope<br />
(Olympus C01) <strong>for</strong> grain colonization and a compound microscope (Olympus BH2) <strong>for</strong><br />
proper identification <strong>of</strong> fungi using <strong>the</strong> scotch-tape method (Appendix 1). This method was<br />
mainly to preserve attachment <strong>of</strong> conidia to conidiophores. It was particularly useful <strong>for</strong><br />
those fungi in which <strong>the</strong> conidia readily dislodge from conidiophores under normal<br />
procedures <strong>for</strong> slide preparation. Photomicrographs were made <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> colonization <strong>of</strong><br />
grains ei<strong>the</strong>r by an individual fungus, or by a group <strong>of</strong> fungi using <strong>the</strong> stereoscopic<br />
microscope and <strong>for</strong> fungal structures using <strong>the</strong> compound microscope. The proper<br />
identification <strong>of</strong> fungi was confirmed by comparison with <strong>the</strong> details available in <strong>the</strong><br />
literature, and <strong>the</strong> knowledge acquired by <strong>the</strong> senior author in <strong>the</strong> international course on<br />
identification <strong>of</strong> fungi <strong>of</strong> agricultural and environmental significance at <strong>the</strong> International<br />
Mycological Institute, Egham, Surrey, UK in 1996. In addition, most descriptions <strong>of</strong> each<br />
fungus included in this bulletin are from Standen (1945), Nelson (1959), Whitehead and<br />
Calvert (1959), Simmons (1967), Barron (1968), Ellis (1971, 1976), Barnett and Hunter<br />
(1972), Raper and Fennel (1973), Sutton (1980), Zillinsky (1983), Sivanesan (1987), Pitt<br />
(1988), Hanlin (1990), Champ et al. (1991), and Hawksworth et al. (1995).<br />
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