Unusually large mold growing on an apple core from the bottom of my compost bucket
Likely pathogen of this fourth instar spotted lanternfly collected alive.
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Obtained from an air sample in lab after rose agar was left open for ~2 hours.
First axenic culture.
ITS Sequence:
AAGNNCATTACCGAGTGAGGGCCCTCTGGGTCCAACCTCCCACCCGTGTTTATTTTACCTTGTTGCTTCGGCGGGCCCGCCTTAACTGGCCGCCGGGGGGCTTACGCCCCCGGGCCCGCGCCCGCCGAAGACACCCTCGAACTCTGTCTGAAGATTGAAGTCTGAGTGAAAATATAAATTATTTAAAACTTTCAACAACGGATCTCTTGGTTCCGGCATCGATGAAGAACGCAGCGAAATGCGATACGTAATGTGAATTGCAAATTCAGTGAATCATCGAGTCTTTGAACGCACATTGCGCCCCCTGGTATTCCGGGGGGCATGCCTGTCCGAGCGTCATTGCTGCCCTCAAGCCCGGCTTGTGTGTTGGGCCCCGTCCCCCGATCTCCGGGGGACGGGCCCGAAAGGCAGCGGCGGCACCGCGTCCGGTCCTCGAGCGTATGGGGCTTTGTCACCCGCTCTGTAGGCCCGGCCGGCGCTTGCCGATCAACCCAAATTTTTATCCAGGTTGACCTCGGATCAGGTAGGGATACCCGCTGAACTTAA
Sorocybe resinae. Cox Beach, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
On fallen needles of Larix laricina kept in moist chamber for 4 weeks, Little Lepreau, New Brunswick, Canada. Voucher specimen in the New Brunswick Museum.
Conidia with one or possibly two septa, 27.0-49.2 x 2.6-3.3 µm
The type description gives the conidia as 38-70 X 2-3.4, a little larger than the new Brunswick material.
On corticated hardwood branch.
Hyphae and probasidia without clamps.
Basidiospores with 3-septa, measured
(10.7) 11.4 - 13.7 (13.8) × (4.2) 4.3 - 5.1 (5.3) µm
Q = (2.3) 2.5 - 3.1 (3.2) ; N = 13
Me = 12.7 × 4.7 µm ; Qe = 2.7
Germinated spores budding globose conidia.
Tiny black disks on inside of Ulmus bark fallen from dead tree. Next to Orbilia pilifera.
Probably hyphomycete.
Colonizing old basidioma of Cortinarius pellstonianus (iNat141296506)
Collected by Alfredo Justo
On acorn of Quercus rubra. It was on the ground under a log.
Mold seen on expired hummus. I looked at it under the microscope as well.
On vegan sourcream