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Pseudocochliobolus lunatus ( Nelson & Haasis) Tsuda, Ueyama & Nishihara [=Curvularia lunata (Wakker) Boedijn]
Classification: Ascomycota, Locuoascomycetes, Dothideales, Pleosporaceae

 Distributed widely in Japan, causing many diseases such as discolored grains and false blast of rice and Curvularia leaf blight of corn, sorghum and foxtail millet. Often isolated from other gramineous plants. Disperses by scattering conidia. Teleomorph has never been observed in nature. 

Characteristics: Plant pathogen

		Morphology:  Teleomorph: Produced by paired culture on artificial media. Producing cylindrical asci in black pseudothecia. Hyaline and filamentous ascospores of 130-270 x 5-6.5 um produced in coiled helix in oblong asci.  Anamorph: On light brown conidiophores,  producing conidia curved, ellipsoidal to fusiform, the middle cells brown to dark brown , the end cells pale brown, the third cell swollen, hilum not conspicuous, surface smooth (partly warted), 18-32 x 9-15 um, with 3 pseudosepta.
Conidia(MAFF305063)

Herbarium specimen in NIAES None

(Described by Tsukiboshi, T., NIAES, Microbial Systemtics Lab., 2003)

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