Key Number 2, Fungal Spores
  • Large, dark cigar-shaped spores
    • Generally straight and uniformly dark

(Drechslera spp.)

    • Generally curved, sometimes with "keystone" cell; end cells lighter than center cells

(Curvularia spp.)

  • Slender, crecent-shaped spores
    • Two or more cells; dark acervuli with black spines NOT PRESENT on infected leaves and stem-bases

(Microdochium nivale )

    • Generally one cell, crescent shape with hole in center; dark acervuli with black spines PRESENT on infected leaves or stem bases

(Colletotrichum graminicola )

*during hot weather

*during cool weather

 

Cigar shaped conidia
Crescent shaped conidia
Conidia w/ holes
Acervuli w/ dark spines

 

Return to the ID Key Page