The genus Cladosporium and similar dematiaceous ... - CBS - KNAW
The genus Cladosporium and similar dematiaceous ... - CBS - KNAW
The genus Cladosporium and similar dematiaceous ... - CBS - KNAW
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Schubert et al.<br />
Fig. 31. <strong>Cladosporium</strong> ramotenellum (CPC 12043). Conidiophores <strong>and</strong> conidia. Scale bar = 10 µm. K. Schubert del.<br />
branched, branches often only as short lateral prolongations,<br />
mainly formed below a septum, 14–110 × 2–4 µm, septate, not<br />
constricted at the septa, subhyaline to pale olivaceous or brown,<br />
smooth to minutely verruculose, walls unthickened, sometimes<br />
guttulate. Conidiogenous cells integrated, terminal, sometimes also<br />
intercalary, cylindrical, not geniculate, non-nodulose, 10–28(–50)<br />
µm long, proliferation sympodial, with few conidiogenous loci,<br />
mostly 1–3, loci sometimes situated on small lateral prolongations,<br />
protuberant, 0.5–1.5(–2) µm diam, thickened <strong>and</strong> somewhat<br />
darkened-refractive. Ramoconidia formed, cylindrical-oblong, up<br />
to 47 µm long, 2–4 µm wide, 0–1-septate, rarely up to 4-septate,<br />
subhyaline to very pale olivaceous, smooth or almost so, with a<br />
broadly truncate base, without any dome <strong>and</strong> raised rim, 2–3 µm<br />
wide, not thickened but somewhat refractive. Conidia numerous,<br />
polymorphous, catenate, in branched chains, straight, sometimes<br />
slightly curved, small terminal conidia numerous, globose,<br />
subglobose or ovoid, obovoid or limoniform, 2.5–7 × 2–4(–4.5) µm<br />
[av. ± SD, 5.1 (± 1.3) × 3.1 (± 0.6) µm], aseptate, without distal<br />
hilum or with a single apical scar, intercalary conidia ellipsoid to<br />
subcylindrical, 8–15 × 3–4(–4.5) µm [av. ± SD, 11.5 (± 2.4) × 3.6<br />
(± 0.5) µm], 0–1-septate; secondary ramoconidia subcylindrical<br />
to cylindrical-oblong, 17–35 × 3–4(–5) µm [av. ± SD, 22.5 (±<br />
5.6) × 3.7 (± 0.5) µm], 0–3-septate, not constricted at the septa,<br />
subhyaline to very pale olivaceous, minutely verruculose (granulate<br />
under SEM), walls unthickened or almost so, apex broadly rounded<br />
or slightly attenuated towards apex <strong>and</strong> base, sometimes guttulate,<br />
hila protuberant, conspicuous, 0.8–1.5(–2) µm diam, somewhat<br />
thickened <strong>and</strong> darkened-refractive; microcyclic conidiogenesis<br />
occurring.<br />
Cultural characteristics: Colonies on PDA reaching 46–49 mm diam<br />
after 14 d at 25 ºC, olivaceous to grey-olivaceous due to abundant<br />
sporulation, appearing zonate in forming concentric zones, margin<br />
entire edge to slightly undulate, white, glabrous, aerial mycelium<br />
absent or sparse, growth flat with a somewhat folded <strong>and</strong> wrinkled<br />
colony centre, without prominent exudates, sporulation profuse.<br />
Colonies on MEA reaching 48–49 mm diam after 14 d at 25 ºC,<br />
grey-olivaceous to olivaceous-grey, velvety, olivaceous-grey to<br />
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