Table 4.

Morphological characteristics of Talaromyces teleomorpha CNUFC YJW2-5 compared with those of the reference strain Talaromyces helicus.

Characteristics	CNUFC YJW2-5 Isolated in This Study	Talaromyces helicus a
Size after 7 days at 25 °C (diameter)	26–29 mm on CYA	13–23 mm on CYA
	29–33 mm on YES	14–22 mm on YES
	45–48 mm on MEA	25–33 mm on MEA
	32–34 mm on OA	23–35 mm on OA
	1–3 on CREA	No growth on CREA
Size after 7 days at 37 °C (diameter)	15–20 mm on CYA	10–18 mm on CYA
Conidiophores	Not observed	Mono- to biverticillate, stipes smooth walled, 30–60(–80) × 2–2.5 μm
Metulae	Not observed	Two to five, 12–15 × 2–2.5 μm
Phialides	Not observed	Acerose, two to four per metula, 8.5–12(–16) × 2.5–3 μm
Conidia	Not observed	Globose to subglobose, smooth, 2.5–3.5(–4.5) × 2.2–3.5 μm
Ascomata	Creamish-white to yellow to reddish, globose to subglobose, 200–800 μm	Yellow, pastel yellow and creamish-white, globose to subglobose, 100–300 μm
Asci	Ellipsoidal, globose to subglobose, (5.5–)6.5–9 × (4.5–)6–7 μm	6–9 × 4.5–6 μm
Ascospores	Ellipsoidal, smooth, 3–4 × 2–3 μm	Ellipsoidal, smooth (some with minute spines), 2.5–4 × 2–3 μm

^a From the description by Yilmaz et al. [3].