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Colonies on potato dextrose agar are grey to olivaceous, powdery or felty. Conidiophores mostly unbranched, with one or few conidial scars, up to 50 μm long, 3-6 μm wide. Conidial chains profusely branched. Conidia obclavate to ellipsoidal, with a short, cylindrical beak, 23-56 x 8-17 μm, medium brown, rugulose with muriform septation, with a single scar at the tip, arising in mostly unbranched chains of ten or more.
TATTGATATGCTTAAGTTCAGCGGGTATTCCTACCTGATCCGAGGTCAACCGTTGCCGCACGAGGCGGGCTTGTAGGGGGTTTAGAGGCAAGCGCCTGCGGGACTCCGATGCGAGCTGTAACTACTACGCAAGGAAGGGCCACGCGGGTCCGCCACTGCTTTTAAGGGCCTACAGACGTAGATCCCCAACACCGGGCCACTGGGGCTCGAGGGTTGAAACGACGCTCGGACAGGCATGCCTCCCAGGATACTGGAAGGCGCCATGTGCGTTCAAAGATTCGATGATTCACTGAATTCTGCAATTCACACTACATATCGCGTTTCGCTGCGTTCTTCATCGATGCTAGAGCCAAGAGATCCGTTGTTAAAAGTTTTAATAGTTCGCTAAGAACACTCAGAAGTATCGTTGGTATAAACAGAGAGACTGATGGACCGGCGGGCTCGCAGAACGAGCCGCCGAAGCAACAATATGGTTCACAAAGGGTTATGAGTAGATACTCGGTAATGATCCCTCCGCAG
Nucleotide (GenBank) : JQ070078 ITS including 5.8S rRNA gene
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Wheeler MH, et al. Ultrastructural and chemical distinction of melanins formed by Verticillium dahliae from (+)-scytalone, 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene, catechol, and L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine. Can. J. Microbiol. 24: 289-297, 1978. PubMed: 565670
