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19-03-2026 18:25

Myriosclerotinia curreyana?
William Slosse William Slosse

Good evening everyone, On 18/03/26 I found a few

19-03-2026 19:34

Xylariaceae? on Carpinus betulus wood
Filip Fuljer Filip Fuljer

Hello everyone,a few days ago I collected this str

17-03-2026 10:09

Lasiobelonium corticale ?
François Freléchoux François Freléchoux

Bonjour, Voici la description rapide d'un petit d

19-03-2026 15:58

"Lasiosphaerioid"
Stefan Blaser

Hello everybody, I hope for some hints... Macro:

19-03-2026 17:50

Massarina on Corylus
Enrique Rubio Enrique Rubio

Hi to everybodyThese thiny, blackish pseudothecia

18-03-2026 13:09

Orbilia on Celtis occidentalis
Khomenko Igor Khomenko Igor

I recently examined Celtis occidentalis branches

17-03-2026 19:41

Pyréno sur branche morte de chêne
Bernard CLESSE Bernard CLESSE

Bonsoir à toutes et tous,Pourriez-vous m'aider à

18-03-2026 17:22

Literature search
Katarina Pastircakova

Hi there,I'm looking for the following literature:

19-03-2026 10:56

Sporodochial anamorph on Populus with angular, pigmented conidia - Denmark
Thomas Læssøe

https://svampe.databasen.org/observations/10505643

27-02-2026 11:21

Nemania diffusa complex
Yannick Mourgues Yannick Mourgues

Hi to all. Here is a specie that can may be relat

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Fungus on ginger rhizome (anamorph)
Martin Bemmann, 09-02-2014 12:28
Martin Bemmann

Hi,


Yesterday I bought some rhizomes of Zingiber officinale for kitchen use in a supermarket. It was declared as "organic" and imported from China. With the naked eye I noticed some black spots that turned out to be heaps of conidia under the dissecting microscope, ejected from long beaked obpyriform pycnidia (0.24 x 0.6 mm) of waxy colour, the "beak" turned out to be fasciculate, consisting of a bundle of hyphae.


Conidia: lemon-shaped, dark brown sometimes with lipid bodies, 19.5 - 23 x 12-15µm

Someone wih an idea?

best regards
Martin
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Hans-Otto Baral, 09-02-2014 12:51
Hans-Otto Baral
Re : Fungus on ginger rhizome (anamorph)
Such mal bei Melanospora
Zotto
Martin Bemmann, 09-02-2014 13:26
Martin Bemmann
Re : Fungus on ginger rhizome (anamorph)
Perfect, Zotto! I was misleaded by finding not a single ascus. Melanospora zamiae is reported to be common on imported material from the tropics (Cannon&Hawksworth 1982). I found a list of pests imported to the US of 1958 where it is listed on Ginger originating from China and Japan (Hunt 1958: 51).

Best regards
Martin