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Epicoccum
nigrum Link
Classification: Deuteromycotina, Hyphomycetes
Distributed widelyin Japan. Causes leaf spot and head blight in barley,
rice and wheat, and very popular as a leaf-plant inhabitant. Disperses by scattering conidia. Teleomorph not yet found.
Characteristics: Plant pathogen, Plant inhabitant
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Morphology: Teleomorph: Unknown Anamorph: Dense and short conidiophores, 5-15 x 3-6 um, covering the surface of pulvate and black sporodochia, up to 2mm diam. Conidia solitary, dark golden brown, spherical to subspherical, muriform with septa, commonly 15-25 um diam. |
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Herbarium specimen in NIAES
| Specimen No. | Scientific name | Host name | Host scientific name | Symptoms | Geographical origin | Collected date | Collector |
| 101-1-70 | Epicoccum nigrum | rice | Oryza sativa | false blast? | Fukuoka | 1931 | Takimoto, K. |
| 103-2-5 | " | barley | Hordeum vulgare | leaf spot | Ageo, Saitama | 1933.6.3 | Tominaga, T. |
| 256-2-7 | " | wheat | Triticum aestivum | " | Nara | 1958.4 | Ito |
| 103-1-10 | " | " | " | " | Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi | 1958.4 | Hori, S. |
| 256-2-6 | " | " | " | " | Kiyose, Tokyo | 1958.5.19 | Tominaga, T. |
| 103-1-8 | " | "(leaf, stem) | " | " | " | " | " |
| 103-1-11 | " | "(leaf) | " | " | " | " | " |
| 103-2-4 | " | barley | Hordeum vulgare | " | " | 1958.5.27 | " |
| 103-1-9 | " | wheat | Triticum aestivum | " | Ageo, Saitama | 1958.6.3 | " |
| 256-2-38 | " | oat | Avena sativa | yellow spot | Chiba, Chiba | 1961.6.2 | " |
(Described by Tsukiboshi, T., NIAES, Microbial Systemtics Lab., 2003)
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