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Ustilago esculenta on Zizania latifolia.
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Ustilago esculenta on Zizania latifolia.
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Ustilago esculenta on Zizania latifolia - BRIP 51508.
Scale bar = 10 µm.
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Ustilago esculenta on Zizania latifolia - BRIP 51508.
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Distribution of Ustilago esculenta.

Ustilago esculenta P. Henn.

Synonyms

Melanopsichium esculentum (Henn.) Mundk. & Thirum.
Yenia esculenta (Henn.) Liou

Description

Sori in hypertrophied tissues of the stunted shoots forming conspicuous, 15–20 cm long and 2–3 cm wide, fusiform or conical swellings which contain small, rounded or elongated, sac-like cavities filled with olive-brown spore masses.

Spores globose, subglobose to slightly irregular, 6–8 × 7–9(–12) µm, yellowish-brown; wall 1–1.5 µm thick, finely verruculose.

Hosts
   
Host family: Poaceae
   
Host species: Zizania latifolia Turcz.

Distribution

Provinces: Krabi