Image Number: 1241576

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Descriptor:
Fruiting Bodies
Description:
Lirula abietis (needle cast) fruiting bodies (hysterothecia) on midrib of undersides of grand fir needles.
Image type:
Laboratory

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Subject

Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Subphylum: Pezizomycotina
Class: Leotiomycetes
Subclass: Leotiomycetidae
Order: Rhytismatales
Family: Rhytismataceae
Genus: Lirula
Subject: Lirula abietis-concoloris (Mayr ex Dearn.) Darker

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Coniferophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Abies
Subject: Abies grandis (Dougl. ex D.Don) Lindl.
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Image uploaded:
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Image last updated:
Friday, September 24, 2010