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"When the galls are wet, slimy masses of spores mixed with sterile cells protrude from the cavities" (Meike Piepenbring to Thomas Wilson, pers. comm.).
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Black spore masses of the smut fungus Melanopsichium pennsylvanicum on Polygonum in Baltimore City, Maryland (9/12/2011). Verified by Meike Piepenbring/Goethe University in Frankfurt.
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Thomas Wilson.
Black spore masses of the smut fungus Melanopsichium pennsylvanicum on Polygonum in Baltimore City, Maryland (9/12/2011). Verified by Meike Piepenbring/Goethe University in Frankfurt.
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Thomas Wilson.