Fungi Outer Hebrides


Phylum: Ascomycota   Family: Mycosphaerellaceae

Mycosphaerella tassiana (Pers.) Link

One of the commonest fungal plant pathogens, known from a host of herbaceous plants and many man-made materials. When looked at on mass it appears olive-green which is a pigment of the conidia

References: 
Ellis & Ellis (1997) Microfungi on Land Plants
Ellis & Ellis (1998 enlarged edition) Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook

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