Table 1.

Morphological comparison of the related Penicillium species.

	Conidiophore pattern	No. of metulae per verticil	Metula size (µm)	No. of phialides per metula	Phialide size (µm)	Conidial shape	Conidial walls	Conidial size (µm)	Diam on CYA at 25 °C after 7d (mm)	Diam on MEA at 25 °C after 7d (mm)	Diam on YES at 25 °C after 7d (mm)
P. choerospondiatis	biverticillate	3–5	10.5–15 × 3.5–4.5	5–8	9–12 × 3.3–4	ellipsoidal	finely roughened	4.5–6.5 × 3.3–4.5	11–12.5	26–29	16–19
P. herquei	biverticillate	4–6	10–12 × 3–5	6–10	7–10 × 2.5–3	ellipsoidal to apiculate	smooth to roughened	3.5–5 × 3–3.5	20–32	30–40	30–40
P. malachiteum	biverticillate	4–8	8–12 × 2.5–4	4–10	8–12 × 2–2.5	ellipsoidal	smooth to finely roughened	3–5 × 1.5–3.5	20–25	28–32	28–32
P. sanshaense	biverticillate	6–8	9–12 × 4–6.5	6–8	9–12 × 3–4	ellipsoidal	smooth	3–3.5 × 2–2.5	21–23	28–30	32–34
P. verrucisporum	biverticillate	5–8	9–10.5 × 3.5–5.5	5–8	7.5–8 × 2.5–3.5	ellipsoidal	roughened	3–3.5 × 2.5–3	25–27	36–37	43–44
P. austrosinicum	monoverticilate			8–12	6–9 × 2.5–3	subglobose	roughened	2.7–3.3 × 2.5–3.3	33–34	35–37	37–40
P. maximae	monoverticilate			8–16	6.5–10 × 2.5–3	ellipsoidal	smooth	3–3.5 × 2.5–3	34–37	34–37	40–43
P. exsudans	monoverticilate			6–12	7.5–10 × 3.3–4.5	subglobose to ellipsoidal	finely roughened	2.7–3.3 × 2.3–3	34–36	31–33	39–42
P. johnkrugii	monoverticilate			n.a.	7–11 × 2–3	globose to subglobose	finely roughened	2–3	30–38	26–36	28–38
P. mallochii	monoverticilate			n.a.	7–10 × 2–3	globose to subglobose	finely roughened	2.5–3.5 × 2–2.5	29–39	24–35	n.a.

n.a.: data not available.