Table 2.

Differentiation physiological characteristics of strain HNM0039^T, S. wuyuanensis CGMCC 4.7042^T and S. spongiicola HNM0071^T.

Characteristics	1	2	3
Morphology (on ISP7):
Aerial mycelium	White–gray	Absent	Oyster white
Substrate mycelium	Dark brown	Dark yellow	Yellowish white
Diffusible pigment	+	+	−
Growth on sole carbon sources (1.0%,w/v)
L-Arabinose	−	w	−
Sucrose	+	+	+
D-Xylose	−	+	−
Myo-inositol	+	+	−
Raffinose	−	w	−
D-Galactose	+	+	+
Fructose	+	+	w
D-Glucose	+	+	+
Mannitol	−	−	−
α-L-Rhamnose	−	−	−
Ribose	+	+	+
Growth on sole nitrogen sources (0.1%, w/v)
Adenine	+	+	+
L-Alanine	w	+	w
L-Arginine	+	+	+
L-Asparagine	+	+	+
Glycine	+	+	w
Hypoxanthine	−	+	−
L-Leucine	+	+	+
L-Lysine	+	+	+
L-Phenylalanine	+	+	−
L-Tryptophan	−	+	−
L-Tyrosine	w	+	−
L-Valine	+	+	+
Growth at
40°C	+	+	−
pH 4	−	+	−
pH 12	+	+	−
NaCl (7%, w/v )	+	−	+