DISEASE: Brown blotch
HOST: Mushroom
Stunted fruit bodies, initial stage of disease.
Brown blotch | Mushroom
DISEASE: Brown blotch
HOST: Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas tolaasii
SOURCE: K. Suyama, M. Goto
DISEASE: Brown blotch
HOST: Mushroom
Fruit bodies at advanced stage of disease.
Brown blotch | Mushroom
DISEASE: Brown blotch
HOST: Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas tolaasii
SOURCE: K. Suyama, M. Goto
DISEASE: Brown blotch
HOST: Mushroom
Black discoloration of basal portions of fruit bodies. Healthy (left).
Brown blotch | Mushroom
DISEASE: Brown blotch
HOST: Mushroom (Flammulina velutipes)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas tolaasii
SOURCE: K. Suyama, M. Goto
DISEASE: Brown blotch
HOST: Mushroom
Black discoloration of basal portion of fruit bodies.
Brown blotch | Mushroom
DISEASE: Brown blotch
HOST: Mushroom (Flammulina velutipes)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas tolaasii
SOURCE: K. Suyama, M. Goto
DISEASE: Brown blotch
HOST: Mushroom
Mushrooms with rotted, brownish discoloration of infected areas.
Brown blotch | Mushroom
DISEASE: Brown blotch
HOST: Mushroom (Agaricus campestris)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas tolaasii
SOURCE: J. Young
DISEASE: Witches'-broom
HOST: Alfalfa
Alfalfa plant (center) exhibiting stunting and proliferation of stems. Other symptoms are small, rounded, chlorotic, often puckered leaves and a yellowish cast.
Witches'-broom | Alfalfa
DISEASE: Witches'-broom
HOST: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma trifolii'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Clover proliferation group
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Witches'-broom
HOST: Alfalfa
Young plant (left) with small, numerous stems (witches'-broom). Healthy stems (right).
Witches'-broom | Alfalfa
DISEASE: Witches'-broom
HOST: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma trifolii'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Clover proliferation group
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Witches'-broom
HOST: Cactus
Witches'-broom of Opuntia cactus.
Witches'-broom | Cactus
DISEASE: Witches'-broom
HOST: Cactus (Opuntia sp.)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma' sp.
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma (undefined)
SOURCE: R. McCoy, M. Davis
DISEASE: Witches'-broom
HOST: Citrus (Lime)
Lime tree with compact, small leaves (witches'-broom). Leaves on older brooms dry out and eventually drop, leaving dead, bare branches. There are no flowers or fruit on brooms.
Witches'-broom | Citrus (Lime)
DISEASE: Witches'-broom
HOST: Citrus (Lime) (Citrus sp.)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Peanut witches'-broom group
SOURCE: J. Bove, M. Garnier