Final diagnosis


Athelia rolfsii

White mycelial palmettes grow superficially on these rotten eggplant roots. (<i>Sclerotium rolfsii</i>)
White mycelial palmettes grow superficially on these rotten eggplant roots. (<i>Sclerotium rolfsii</i>)
Detail of root lesions on eggplant. Note that the root cortex is moist, gradually browning, and covered by dense white mycelium. (<i>Sclerotium rolfsii</i>)
More or less aggregated mycelial filaments visible on these altered tissues. (<i>Sclerotium rolfsii</i>)
Wet lesion girdling the base of the stem of an eggplant plant. (<i>Sclerotium rolfsii</i>)
Moist lesion surrounding the base of the stem of an eggplant plant. It is topped by earth clumped together by the dense mycelium of the fungus. (<i>Sclerotium rolfsii</i>)
Detail of mycelium covering the wet lesion girdling the base of the stem of an eggplant plant. (<i>Sclerotium rolfsii</i>)
Marked wilting of this eggplant plant; the lower leaves are more or less chlorotic. (<i>Sclerotium rolfsii</i>)
Moist lesion surrounding the base of the stem of an eggplant plant. (<i>Sclerotium rolfsii</i>)
Several lower leaves of this aubergine plant are withering; some are more or less chlorotic. (<i><b>Sclerotium rolfsii</i></b>)
Sclerotium-Aubergine8
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On distingue aisément les anses d'anastomose de ce basidiomycète sur son mycélium. <i><b>Athelia rolfsii</b></i> (<i>Sclerotium rolfsii</i>, southern blight)
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