Final diagnosis


Rhizopus stolonifer

This ripe fruit is partially degraded by wet, soft rot. The liquefied tissues have collapsed and the film, wrinkled in places, will soon break. A white aerial mold begins to grow. <b> Mucoral rots </b> (<i> Rhizopus </i> and <i> Mucor </i> rot)
A dense whitish mycelium gradually covers this fruit in the process of liquefying. <b> Mucoral rots </b> (<i> Rhizopus </i> and <i> Mucor </i> rot)
This locally rotten fruit shows locally a partial collapse of its external tissues, as well as a black sporulation in "pinheads". <b> <i> Rhizopus stolonifer </i> </b>
Rotten fruit covered with the characteristic mold of <b> <i> Rhizopus stolonifer </i> </b>. (<i> Rhizopus </i> rot)
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Appearance of two sporangiophores of <i> <b> Rhizopus stolonifer </b> </i>. The rhizoids are clearly visible.