First comprehensive study on distribution frequency and incidence of seed-borne pathogens from cereal and legume crops in Sri Lanka Author Ganeshalingam, Archchana 0000-0002-0858-4341 Department of Plant and Molecular Biology, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka & archchana 06 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0858 - 4341 archchana06@gmail.com Author Daranagama, Dinushani A. 0000-0002-5936-5907 Department of Plant and Molecular Biology, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka & anupamad @ kln. ac. lk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5936 - 5907 anupamad@kln.ac.lk text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-01-21 531 3 267 281 journal article 2461 10.11646/phytotaxa.531.3.6 0c37d586-179e-4e67-a5a4-677ea9a20f7c 1179-3163 5886364 Aspergillus oryzae (Ahlb.) Cohn, Jber . schles . Ges . vaterl . Kultur 61 : 227 (1884) [1883] Index Fungorum registration number: 426783 Colonies on PDA are moderately fast-growing, reached approximately ¾ th of the 9 cm plate in two weeks at 28–30 0 C, start as white or pale yellow from inoculation points and turn green, reverse green, irregular, margin curled, appearance flat, powdery, concentric circles ( Figure 1d, e , 5a, b ). Conidiophore very long, 4–5 mm (x̄=4.7) in length and 3–12 μm (x̄=9) in width, branched, hyaline with flask-shaped vesicles of 40–50 μm (x̄=42), Phialides clustered terminal, covering the surface of the vesicle ( Figure 5c .), Conidial heads 100–300 μm (x̄=210) diam. globose with conidia in acropetal chain arrangement ( Figure 1f ) with longitudinal and transverse septations. Conidia 4.5–7.5 μm (x̄=6.5), greenish-brown, spherical, smooth-walled.