Image Number: 1317028
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Description:
A branch of a cacao tree in western Ecuador killed by witches’ broom disease. Protruding from some leaf midveins are whitish fungal structures that send thousands of spores onto other trees
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Field
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Subject
| Kingdom: Fungi |
| Phylum: Basidiomycota |
| Subphylum: Hymenomycotina |
| Class: Agaricomycetes |
| Subclass: Agaricomycetidae |
| Order: Agaricales |
| Family: Tricholomataceae |
| Genus: Crinipellis |
| Subject: Crinipellis perniciosa (Stahel) Singer |
Host
| Kingdom: Plantae |
| Phylum: Magnoliophyta |
| Class: Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass: Dilleniidae |
| Order: Malvales |
| Family: Sterculiaceae |
| Genus: Theobroma |
| Subject: Theobroma cacao L. |
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Image uploaded:
Tuesday, March 4, 2003
Image last updated:
Friday, December 22, 2006
