Key Number 3, Characteristic Fungal Structures

Sclerotia present on leaf tissue

  • Generally smaller then 1mm, loosely attached to the leaf, and usually dark brown to black in color

    (Typhula ishikariensis)

  • Generally larger then 1mm, embedded in leaf tissue, and orange to brown in color

    (Typhula incarnata)

Mushroom growing in a ring or arc

  • Mushrooms can be of several different types, grass around the ring or arc, may be enhanced, dead, or not affected

    (Basidiomycete spp.)

Sclerotia_of_T_ishikariensis
Sclerotia of T. ishikariensis
(Space between lines is 1mm)
Sclerotia_of_T_incarnata
Sclerotia of T. incarnata
(Space between lines is 1mm)