Verticillium (Dry Bubble)
Lecanicillium fungicola
Causes distorted, stunted mushrooms with tilted caps, thickened stipes, and circular pale brown spots. Spreads via sticky spores on water splash, flies, pickers, and equipment.
Visual Identification
Distorted, stunted mushroom growth with tilted caps, thickened stems, and circular pale brown spots on caps.
Treatable
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