Phyllactinia guttata on Hazelnut (filbert) leaf
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- a cleistothecium on the top of leaf after freeing itself from the underside of a neighboring leaf
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- notice how the infection affects chlorophyll distribution in the leaf
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- a cleistothecium (round ascocarp) using appendiges to slowly prying itself away from a leaf
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- notice the opening where the asci carrying spores leave the cleistothecia
This was on a hazelnut leaf. The spores are oval, and non-septate. These Cliestothecia overwinter on leaf litter and then open up to produce spores in the spring. Phyllactinia is in the Phylum Ascomycota.
| Scientific classification | |
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| Domain: | Eukarya |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Subkingdom: | Dikarya |
| Phylum: | Ascomycota |