TABLE 1.
Cultural characteristics of strain SCA3-4.
| Medium | Aerial mycelium color | Substrate mycelium color | Soluble pigment | Growth |
| Trytone-yeast extract agar (ISP2 or YE) | Pink white | Brown | Brown | +++ |
| Oatmeal agar (ISP3) | Light–pink | Light–yellow | Brown | +++ |
| Inorganic salts–starch agar (ISP4) | Pink white | Brown | None | +++ |
| Glycerol–asparagine agar (ISP5) | Beige | Light–yellow | None | ++ |
| Peptone–yeast extract iron agar (ISP6) | Light–purple | Red–brown | Red | ++ |
| Tyrosine agar (ISP7) | Pink–gray | Brown | None | +++ |
| Gause No. 1 agar | Pink–white | Brown | None | +++ |
| PDA | Pink white | Brown | Brown | +++ |
+++, good growth; ++, moderate growth.