Image Number: 1563694

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Foliar fungus, Fusarium lateritium, occasionally occurs on the adaxial leaf surface prior to opening.  After the leaves are expanded the fungus is seen as a white chalky substance on the leaf margins.  (Nov88)
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Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Subphylum: Pezizomycotina
Class: Sordariomycetes
Subclass: Hypocreomycetidae
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Nectriaceae
Genus: Gibberella
Subject: Gibberella baccata (Wallr.) Sacc.

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Ipomoea
Subject: Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
Image last updated:
Tuesday, November 23, 2010