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Brown Plaster Mold
1 species
A genus of molds that reproduce by bulbils (small multicellular propagules) rather than conidia. GBIF and the USDA place it in Ceratostomataceae (Melanosporales). P. byssina is the brown plaster mold of mushroom compost and casing.
Mycelium white at first, forming dense patches that turn tan, light brown, cinnamon and then rust as bulbils mature; patches are granular like sand and powdery like talc.
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