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08-12-2025 18:59

aff. Tricharina?
Lothar Krieglsteiner Lothar Krieglsteiner

.. found by a seminar-participant, I do not know t

07-12-2025 17:43

Helvella
Malcolm Greaves Malcolm Greaves

This Helvella was in mixed woodland. Uniform cupul

08-12-2025 17:37

possibly related to Melanomma - on Abies
Lothar Krieglsteiner Lothar Krieglsteiner

20.6.25, on branch of Abies infected and thickened

07-12-2025 16:07

Ascomycet mit Sammelfruchtkörper.
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Hallo, ich habe in einer Moos-Aufsammlung (epiohy

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Unknown species on cones
Ralph Vandiest Ralph Vandiest

Hello,I found this species a few months ago but ha

08-12-2025 13:39

Hypocrealean parasite on Nemania serpens stroma - Denmark
Thomas Læssøe

https://svampe.databasen.org/observations/10572899

07-12-2025 22:43

Leucostoma ?
Andreas Millinger Andreas Millinger

Good evening, tried to determine with Munks Valsa

05-12-2025 17:33

Lachnum sur feuille de chêne
Bruno Coué Bruno Coué

Bonjour, je serais heureux de recueillir votre avi

06-12-2025 00:19

Literature search (Raitviir Galán)
Viktorie Halasu Viktorie Halasu

Hello, would anyone have this article, please? An

04-12-2025 23:53

Anthracobia key
Malcolm Greaves Malcolm Greaves

Is there an up to date Anthracobia key available?T

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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