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The photo at right was taken by Larry F. Grand, Professor and Teaching Coordinator of the Plant Pathology Department at North Carolina State University (NCSU) in Raleigh, N.C., and provided by Ralph A. Dean, Professor and Director of the Fungal Genomics Laboratory at NCSU.

The illustration depicts:

A. The abnormal multiplication of cells in a tumor due to mycotoxin-altered DNA.

B. The sexual fruiting bodies of the powdery mildew fungus, Microsphaera penicillata.

C. The engulfment and destruction of a powdery mildew fungus, Microsphaera penicillata, …