Aspergillus flavus Link, Mag. Gesell. naturf. Freunde, Berlin 3 (1–2): 16 (1809) Index Fungorum registration number: 209842 Colonies on PDA are fast-growing, reached approximately ¾ th of the 9 cm plate in ten days at 28–30 0 C, black, reverse black, irregular, margin curled, appearance granular, flat, mycelia less concentrated concentric turning filamentous on maturation (Figure 5g, h). Sclerotia dark brown to black. Conidiophore 400–830 μm (x̄=520) in length and 8–12 μm (x̄=10) in width, smooth-walled, stout with dichotomous or trichotomous branching, rhizoids at the base, globose vesicles of 20–50 μm (x̄=36) diam. (Figure 5i). Notes: The Aspergillus flavus isolate (MZ314421) was 99.63% similar to MH329787 (identity: 536/538, gaps: 2/538).

Published as part of Ganeshalingam, Archchana & Daranagama, Dinushani A., 2022, First comprehensive study on distribution frequency and incidence of seed-borne pathogens from cereal and legume crops in Sri Lanka, pp. 267-281 in Phytotaxa 531 (3) on pages 270-271, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.531.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5886364