Final diagnosis


Choanephora cucurbitarum

<i><b>Choanephora cucurbitarum</b></i> is gradually colonizing this withered and necrotic eggplant leaf. Its mold is now visible in places. (rot in Choanephora)
This eggplant leaf is completely invaded by <i><b>Choanephora cucurbitarum</b></i> which sporulates there abundantly. (rot in Choanephora)
Detail of sporocysts in place on a rotten portion of eggplant leaf. <i><b>Choanephora cucurbitarum</b></i>. (rot in Choanephora)
A large moist, brown to brown lesion gradually invades this transversely cut eggplant. Note the sporulation of <i><b>Choanephora cucurbitarum</b></i> on the cut part of the fruit. (rot in Choanephora)
This eggplant is completely rotten and mummified. The characteristic dense mold of <i><b>Choanephora cucurbitarum</b></i> completely covers it. (Choanephora rot, cucurbit flower blight
This rotten, brown-hued eggplant fruit is entirely covered by the dense sporulation of <i><b>Choanephora cucurbitarum</b></i> . (rot in Choanephora)
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Observation under an optical microscope makes it possible to distinguish the primary and secondary vesicles which partly constitute the sporocyst. <i> <b> Choanephora cucurbitarum </b> </i>
Appearance under a light microscope of brown, fusiform and striated spores of <i> <b> Choanephora cucurbitarum </b> </i>.