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Which of the following fungi has clavate type conidia?
EXPLANATION
Economic mycology, edible fungi and entomogenous fungi
- Conidial Morphology in Powdery Mildew Genera (Erysiphaceae):
- Phyllactinia corylea (Phyllactinia guttata): An endophytic/ectophytic powdery mildew of deciduous trees (mulberry, hazelnut, oak). It produces unique, massive, solitary clavate (club-shaped or rhomboid) conidia on conidiophores that arise from internal hyphae through stomata with a bulbous basal swelling.
- Other Genera:
- Leveillula taurica: Produces dimorphic conidia (first-formed lanceolate, subsequent cylindrical).
- Uncinula necator & Podosphaera: Produce doliiform or cylindrical conidia in chains.
- Conclusion: Phyllactinia corylea has clavate type conidia (Option 2).
Correct option: (2) Phyllactinia corylea
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