TABLE 1.
Source and features of A. fusispora isolates grouped by conidial ornamentation
| UTHSCa (UAMHb) accession no. | Source | Conidium ornamentation seen by SEMc | Conidium appearance observed on slide culture after 7 days at 37°C
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Colonial features on PDA after 7 days at 37°C
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| Size (μm) | Color | Colony diam (cm) | Colony colord (Top/Reverse) | |||
| 98-2508 (9508)f | Human brain; Saudi Arabia; I. Z. Al-Mohsen (=MRN-435262) | Smooth to very slightly roughened | 4 to 6.5 by 2.5 to 3.5 | Hyaline to yellow | 6 | Pale orange (6A3/4) with pale grayish patches centrally/light brownish orange |
| 96-2378 (8781) | Human lung nodules and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; California; N. McClenny (=SUH H2976) | Smooth to very slightly roughened | 4 to 6 by 2 to 3 | Hyaline to yellow | 6.5 | Gray (6D1) to brownish gray (6E2), zonate/brownish black |
| R-2942 (6731) | Soil; Zaire; T. Matsushima (=OS-178) | Smooth to slightly roughened | 5 to 6 by 2.5 to 3 | Hyaline to yellow | 6.1 | Pale orange (6A3) to grayish orange [6B3]/light yellow |
| R-3122 (9684) | Dog, systemic infection involving brain; Stillwater, Okla.; R. D. Welsh (=UTMBe 3307 [reference 29]) | Smooth to slightly roughened | 5 to 7 by 2.5 to 4 | Hyaline to yellow | 8 | Brownish gray (6E2) to pale gray/brownish black |
| R-2944 (7792) | Human corneal ulcer; South India (=CDC B-5574) | Fine spirals | 4 to 8 by 3.5 to 5 | Hyaline to yellow | 5 | Brownish gray (6E2) with lighter pale orange (6A3) sector/brownish black |
| R-2940 (2889) | Soil; Ontario, Canada; G. C. Bhatt (=Barron OAC 10156) | Coarse spirals | 4 to 8 by 2.5 to 3.5 | Pale brown | 7.8 | Pale orange (6A3) to pale gray, zonate/grayish brown |
| R-2941 (4425) | Dog, heart and brain tissue; Oklahoma; J. A. Jackson (=CDC B-3538 =CDC 81-057308) | Coarse spirals | 4 to 6 by 2 to 4 | Pale brown | 6.5 | Gray (6D1) to brownish gray (6E2), zonate/brown |
| R-2943 (6967) | Human bronchial wash fluid; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; P. Kibsey (=MY 1246) | Coarse spirals | 5.5 to 9 by 3.5 to 6 | Pale brown | 6.5 | Grayish orange (6B3) darkening to gray near edge/patchy brownish orange |
a
UTHSC, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
b
UAMH, Edmonton, University of Alberta Microfungus Collection and Herbarium.
c
SEM, scanning electron microscopy.
d
Color names are from Kornerup and Wanscher (14).
e
UTMB, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.
f
Case isolate.