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. 2007 Jul 19;5(3):71–84. doi: 10.3390/md503071

Table 1.

Morphological characteristics in different fungal media.

Medium Temp (ºC) Day Size (mm) Color top and reverse, same if not indicated Morphology
PDA 22 7 74 top: yellow-brown to white; reverse: gray- yellow to white floccose to felty with submerged mycelia at margins
14 81 top: taupe to buff; reverse: taupe to yellow-gray floccose to felty with frequent conidiomata forming near margins
21 81 top: taupe to beige to buff; reverse: yellow-gray felty, floccose to fuzzy with submerged mycelia and frequent conidiomata

CMA 22 7 58 translucent moist, flat, wispy
14 76 translucent thin, moist, smooth
21 78 translucent to pale yellow thin, moist, smooth

LA 22 7 82 translucent flat, moist, radiate
14 83 light olive-gray to translucent thin, moist, smooth with some large submerged conidiomata
21 83 light olive-gray to translucent thin, moist, smooth with some large submerged conidiomata

PDA 33 7 26 yellow-brown to white low raised, fuzzy, leathery to felty
14 33 top: light brown to tan- gray to white; reverse: red-brown floccose, powdery with sulcated margin and soluble red-brown pigment
21 42 top: brown to taupe to light tan; reverse: medium brown to orange-brown dusty, felty to floccose with sulcation at margins and brown soluble pigment

CMA 33 7 30 white flat, radiate, moist
14 44 translucent thin, smooth, moist
21 56 light buff to translucent thin, smooth, moist with submerged mycelia

LA 33 7 28 brown to tan to white moist, leathery
14 46 red-brown to buff leathery, gritty to smooth, submerged mycelia
21 57 medium brown to dark tan to buff smooth leathery to slightly gritty with submerged mycelia