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Fig. 10. Colletotrichum aenigma. A, C, D, E, F. ICMP 18608 – ex-holotype culture. B. ICMP 18616. A–B. Cultures on PDA, 10 d growth from single conidia, from above and
below. C–D. Conidia. E–F. Appressoria. Scale bar C = 20 µm. Scale bar of C applies to C–F.
Holotype: India, Rajasthan, Udaipur, on Dioscorea alata leaves and
stems, coll. K.L. Kothari & J. Abramham, 1959, CBS H-6939; extype
culture and putatively authentic isolate of C. gloeosporioides f.
alatae CBS 304.67 = ICMP 17919.
Colonies grown from single conidia on Difco PDA 30–40 mm diam
after 10 d. Ex-holotype culture looks “stale”, with low, felted, dense,
pale grey aerial mycelium, orange agar surface showing through
near the margin, scattered dark based acervuli with orange conidial
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