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Gerald Holmes, Strawberry Center, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Bugwood.org
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Image Number: 5602806

Choanephora fruit rot (Choanephora cucurbitarum (Berk. & Ravenel) Thaxt.) (Berk. & Ravenel) Thaxt.

Photographer:
Gerald Holmes
Descriptor:
Fruit(s)
Description:
Note the pathogen sporulating on the fruit which has fallen from the stem.
Image type:
Field
Host:
squashes (general) (Cucurbita pepo L.)

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Image location:
United States, North Carolina

Subject

Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Zygomycota
Class: Zygomycetes
Subclass: Incertae sedis
Order: Mucorales
Family: Choanephoraceae
Genus: Choanephora
Subject: Choanephora cucurbitarum (Berk. & Ravenel) Thaxt.

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Violales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Cucurbita
Subject: Cucurbita pepo L.
Node Affiliation:
Bugwood - UGA
Image taken:
Thursday, August 28, 2003
Image uploaded:
Sunday, January 24, 2021
Image last updated:
Sunday, January 24, 2021