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Schubert et al.<br />

Fig. 41. <strong>Cladosporium</strong> subtilissimum (<strong>CBS</strong> 113754). A–C. Macronematous conidiophores. D. Conidial chain. E. Micronematous conidiophore. F–G. Conidia. Scale bars = 10<br />

µm.<br />

<strong>Cladosporium</strong> subtilissimum K. Schub., Dugan, Crous & U.<br />

Braun, sp. nov. MycoBank MB504580. Figs 40–42.<br />

Etymology: Refers to its narrow conidiophores <strong>and</strong> conidia.<br />

Differt a Cladosporio cladosporioide conidiophoris et conidiis semper asperulatis ad<br />

verruculosis, conidiis 0–1(–2)-septatis.<br />

Mycelium unbranched or sparingly branched, 1–5 µm wide, septate,<br />

without swellings <strong>and</strong> constrictions, hyaline to subhyaline or pale<br />

brown, smooth to minutely verruculose, walls unthickened or almost<br />

so, protoplasm somewhat guttulate or granular. Conidiophores<br />

macronematous <strong>and</strong> micronematous, arising laterally from<br />

plagiotropous hyphae or terminally from ascending hyphae, erect,<br />

straight to slightly flexuous, filiform to cylindrical-oblong, nonnodulose,<br />

sometimes geniculate towards the apex, unbranched or<br />

once branched, branches short to somewhat longer, usually formed<br />

below a septum, sometimes only short, denticle-like or conical,<br />

25–140 × 2–4 µm, 0–4-septate, not constricted at the septa,<br />

subhyaline to pale brown, almost smooth, minutely verruculose<br />

to verruculose, sometimes irregularly rough-walled in the lower<br />

part, walls unthickened or slightly thickened, protoplasm guttulate<br />

or somewhat granular. Conidiogenous cells integrated, terminal<br />

or pleurogenous, sometimes also intercalary, filiform to narrowly<br />

cylindrical, non-nodulose, sometimes geniculate, 14–57 µm long,<br />

with usually sympodial clusters of pronounced conidiogenous loci<br />

at the apex or on a lower level, denticle-like or situated on short<br />

lateral prolongations, up to five loci, intercalary conidiogenous<br />

cells usually with a short denticle-like lateral outgrowth below a<br />

septum, protuberant, denticulate, somewhat truncate, 1.2–2 µm<br />

diam, thickened <strong>and</strong> darkened-refractive. Ramoconidia sometimes<br />

occurring, conidiogenous cells seceding at one of the upper septa<br />

of the conidiophore <strong>and</strong> behaving like conidia, filiform or cylindrical,<br />

20–40(–55) µm long, 1.5–4 µm wide, 0–1-septate, concolorous<br />

with conidiophores, not attenuated towards apex <strong>and</strong> base, base<br />

broadly truncate, non-cladosporioid, without any dome <strong>and</strong> raised<br />

rim, 2–3.5 µm wide, neither thickened nor darkened, sometimes<br />

slightly refractive. Conidia catenate, in branched chains, up to 12<br />

or even more in a chain, straight, small terminal conidia numerous,<br />

subglobose, narrowly obovoid, limoniform or fusiform, 4–9 × 2–3.5<br />

µm [av. ± SD, 6.4 (± 1.5) × 2.8 (± 0.4) µm], with up to three distal<br />

scars, aseptate, hila (0.5–)0.8–1 µm diam, intercalary conidia<br />

narrowly ellipsoid, fusiform to subcylindrical, 9–18 × 3–4(–6) µm<br />

[av. ± SD, 13.0 (± 2.5) × 3.8 (± 0.3) µm], 0(–1)-septate, hila 1–1.2(–<br />

1.8) µm diam, with up to four distal scars, secondary ramoconidia<br />

ellipsoid, fusiform or subcylindrical, (13–)17–32(–37) × 3–5(–6) µm<br />

[av. ± SD, 21.4 (± 4.4) × 4.1 (± 0.5) µm], 0–1(–2)-septate, septum<br />

median or somewhat in the lower half, usually not constricted at<br />

the septa, with up to six distal hila crowded at the apex, hila (1.2–)<br />

1.5–2(–2.5) µm diam, apex often somewhat laterally enlarged<br />

or prolonged with hila crowded there, very pale or pale brown or<br />

olivaceous-brown, minutely verruculose to verruculose (granulate<br />

under SEM), walls unthickened or only slightly thickened, often<br />

slightly attenuated towards apex <strong>and</strong> base, protoplasm often<br />

guttulate or granular, hila protuberant, denticulate, (0.5–)0.8–2(–<br />

2.2) µm diam, thickened <strong>and</strong> darkened-refractive; microcyclic<br />

conidiogenesis occasionally observed.<br />

Cultural characteristics: Colonies on PDA attaining 24 mm diam<br />

after 14 d at 25 °C, grey-olivaceous to olivaceous, olivaceousgrey,<br />

iron-grey or olivaceous-black reverse, velvety, margin<br />

regular, entire edge, white or pale greenish olivaceous, glabrous<br />

to feathery, aerial mycelium sparse, only few areas with abundant<br />

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