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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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