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Black Whisker Molds
1 species
A genus of Microascaceae (Microascales) of soil- and dung-inhabiting molds that form dark, bristle-like stalks (synnemata) topped with dry chains of conidia. Sandoval-Denis et al. (2016) merged Doratomyces and Trichurus into Cephalotrichum. Growers know it as black whisker mold.
Synnemata dark, bristle-like, about 2-3 mm tall; conidia pale green-brown to dark, in dry chains on annellides at the synnema head.
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