Cobweb Mold

Common Name Cobweb Mold Downy Mildew Soft Mildew. 

Greek Root From daktylos meaning finger, in reference to the forking of the con-idiophore. 

Commonly seen on the casing soil or parasitizing the mushroom fruitbody. 

Medium Through Which Contamination Is Spread Air casing soil water and insects. 

Microscopic Characteristics Conidia multicelled. usually composed of three or more connected cells. Conidia can occur singly or clustered, terminally positioned on the ends of branches which often fork in a [/erticillium-Wkefashion and which originate from a major vertical shoot. Conidia are 

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Comments The Cobweb Mold is a fast growing, tenacious casing layer contaminant. Spores germinate upon contact with a mushroom, and soon envelope it with a soft mildewy mycelium. 

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