Table 3.
Overview of selected phenotypic characters for section Flavipedes members.1
| Species | Growth parameters after 7 days |
Prevailing colony colours on CYA and MEA | Conidia: diam (μm)4, surface | Vesicle diam (μm) | Stipe (μm) |
Hülle cells2 | Sex. state | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYA | CZA | MEA | 37 °C | 40 °C | Length | Width | ||||||
| A. alboluteus | 15–27 | 10–20 | 13–26 | + | — | white, yellow | 2.5–3.5, smooth | (6–)9–17(–20) | (500–)800–1200(–2000) | 4–7(–10) | + | — |
| A. alboviridis | 19–21 | 9–10 | 18–23 | +3 | — | light green, white, yellow | 2.5–3.5, smooth | 12–16(–20) | 120–200(–550) | 4.5–6(–8) | + | — |
| A. ardalensis | 25–28 | 20–28 | 25–28 | + | + | pale ochreous, yellow | 2.5–3, smooth | (5–)7–19 | commonly >1000 | 3–8(–9) | + | — |
| A. flavipes | 25–35 | 25–28 | 25–35 | + | — | white, yellowish-white, pale ochreous | 2–3, smooth | 7–11 | occasionally >1000 | 3–6 | — | — |
| A. iizukae | 16–35 | 13–25 | 13–30 | + | — | yellowish-white, yellow, ochreous, brown, greyish-brown | 2–3(–3.5), smooth | (6–)14–20(–35) | 200–1500 | (3.5–)5–10(–13.5) | + | — |
| A. inusitatus | 22–23 | 8–9 | 17–19 | + | +3 | dark green, yellow | 3.5–4, echinulate | 15–18 | 250–600 | 5–6 | + | — |
| A. lanuginosus | 26–27 | 21–22 | 20–21 | + | — | white, light pinkish-brown, pale ochreous | 2.5–3, smooth | 10–12 | 600–1100 | 3.5–4.5 | — | — |
| A. luppiae | 18–20 | 17–21 | 20–22 | + | — | yellow, white | 2.5–3.5, smooth | 11–16 | 100–220(–300) | 3.5–5.5 | + | — |
| A. micronesiensis | 14–30 | 9–25 | 18–28 | + | — | yellowish-white, yellow, pale ochreous, brown, grayish-brown | (2–)2.5–3.5(–4), smooth | (4–)6–16(–31) | 250–1900 | 2–10 | + | — |
| A. movilensis | 22–25 | 19–20 | 25–30 | + | — | white, pale ochreous, light yellow-green | 2.5–3.3(–3.5), smooth | (5–)9–13(–16) | usually <400, occasionally >1000 | 3.5–6 | + | — |
| A. neoflavipes | 17–21 | 18–20 | 18–22 | + | +3 | yellow, white | (2–)2.5–3, smooth | 13–19 | 250–950 | 5–7.5 | + | + |
| A. neoniveus | 15–16 | 12–14 | 13 | — | — | yellow, white | 2–2.5, smooth | 9–11 | 150–300 | 4.5–6 | + | + |
| A. olivimuriae | 31–35 | 23–28 | 24–27 | + | — | ochreous | 2–2.5, smooth | 8–10(–15) | 100–150 | 5–6 | — | — |
| A. polyporicola | 17–27 | 14–20 | 20–32 | — | — | pale ochreous, ochreous | 2–3(–3.5), smooth | (6–)8–16(–20) | 250–1000 | 3.5–6(–9) | — | — |
| A. spelaeus | 16–30 | 6–26 | 15–32 | — | — | pale ochreous, ochreous | 2–3(–3.5), smooth | (5–)7–18(–23) | 400–1000, occasionally >1000 | 3–7(–9) | + | — |
| A. suttoniae | 24–25 | 20–22 | 24-25 | + | — | yellowish-white, ochreous | 2–3.5, smooth | (6–)12–17 | 180–420 | 4.5–6.5 | — | — |
| A. templicola | 21–32 | 21–28 | 23–30 | + | +3 | white, yellowish-white, pale ochreous | 2–3, smooth | (6–)9–23 | 120–1400 | 3.5–10 | + | — |
| A. urmiensis | 28–32 | 20–24 | 23–27 | + | — | white, ochreous | 2–3, smooth | (17–)20–23(−30) | (350–)700–850(−1330) | (5–)8–10(−12) | — | — |
"—" indicate no growth or absence of character/structure in culture.
1
Based on data from this study, Visagie et al. (2014), Hubka et al. (2015), Arzanlou et al. (2016), Siqueira et al. (2018), Crognale et al. (2019).
2
Production may vary between isolates and depend on cultivation conditions.
3
Very restricted growth (≤ 2 mm).
4
Conidia of all species are globose or subglobose, and only the longer dimension is given in case of subglobose conidia.