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. 2020 Apr 14;48(3):233–239. doi: 10.1080/12298093.2020.1745476

Table 2.

Morphological comparison of the present fungus and its closely related species described by Simmons [7].

Species Conidia
Conidiophore (μm) Secondary conidiophore (μm) Conidia per primary chain (lateral branched chain)
Shape and size (μm) Septa
A. limoniasperae Narrow-ellipsoid 30 − 50 × 8 − 10 or ovoid 20 − 35 × 8 − 12 in the initial lower part of the chain, ovoid 8 − 12 × 4 − 8 in the distal part of the chain 1–4 100 2 − 4 × 2 − 3 up to 20 (4 − 10)
YZU 171921 Narrow-ellipsoid 13 − 50 × 6 − 11 or ovoid 6 − 23 × 4 − 13 in the initial lower part of the chain, ovoid 7 − 22 × 5 − 9 in the distal part of the chain 1–7 15 − 146 × 3–5 3 − 20 × 3–4 4 − 10 (1 − 4)
A. turkisfria Narrow-ovoid to long-ovoid or long-ellipsoid 20 − 50 × 6− 8, conidia have small 1-cell secondary conidiophores 3–8 30 − 60 × 4 3 − 5 × 2–3 8 − 20 (4 − 10 )
A. perangusta Long narrow-ellipsoid, rarely wide enough to be termed obclavate 15 − 40 × 3–7 3–7 100 − 200 × 3–4 3 − 5 × 2–3 10+ (unknown)
A. interrupta Narrow-ellipsoid or narrow-obclavate 35 − 40 × 7–8 7–8 140 × 4 3 − 8 × 2–3 10 − 15 (unknown)