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. 1999 Jun;65(6):2418–2428. doi: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2418-2428.1999

TABLE 2.

Description of morphological and molecular characteristics, classes, and variables used for UPGMA and CA of the T. viride data set

Characteristic Characteristic described Class Variable
1 Angle subtending the phialide (A) 1 = >100° A1
2 = <100° A2
3 = unknown A3
2 Length of conidia from CMD (CL) 1 = <3.9 μm CL1
2 = >3.9 μm CL2
3 = unknown CL3
3 Width of conidia from CMD (CW) 1 = <3.1 μm CW1
2 = >3.1 μm CW2
3 = unknown CW3
4 Length of conidia from SNA (SL) 1 = 2.5–3.5 μm SL1
2 = 3.6–4.0 μm SL2
3 = >4.0 μm SL3
4 = unknown SL4
5 Width of conidia from SNA (SW) 1 = 2.5–3.0 μm SW1
2 = 3.1–3.5 μm SW2
3 = >3.5 μm SW3
4 = unknown SW4
6 Phialide length (PH) 1 = <8.2 μm PH1
2 = 8.2–8.5 μm PH2
3 = >8.5 μm PH3
7 Phialide middle (M) 1 = 2.0 to <3.0 μm M1
2 = >3.0 μm M2
8 Phialide base (B) 1 = <2.0 μm B1
2 = >2.0 and <2.9 μm B2
3 = >2.9 μm B3
9 Hypha below phialide, axis (AX) 1 = <2.0 μm AX1
2 = 2.0–2.9 μm AX2
3 = >2.9 μm AX3
10 Chlamydospore diameter (CY) 1 = <9.0 μm CY1
2 = 9–9.5 μm CY2
3 = >9.5 μm CY3
4 = unknown CY4
11 l/w ratio of phialides (PR) from CMD 1 = <3.0 PR1
2 = >3.0 PR2
3 = unknown PR3
12 l/w ratio of conidia (CR) from CMD 1 = 1.0–1.2 CR1
2 = 1.3–1.7 CR2
3 = unknown CR3
13 Ascus length (AL) 1 = <85 μm AL1
2 = >85 μm AL2
3 = unknown AL3
14 Ascus width (AW) 1 = <6.0 μm AW1
2 = >6.0 μm AW2
3 = unknown AW3
15 Length, distal part, ascospore (DL) 1 = <4.5 μm DL1
2 = >4.5 μm DL2
3 = unknown DL3
16 Width, distal part, ascospore (DW) 1 = <3.9 μm DW1
2 = >3.9 μm DW2
3 = unknown DW3
17 Length, proximal part, ascospore (XL) 1 = 4.0–4.9 μm XL1
2 = >4.9 μm XL2
3 = unknown XL3
18 Width, proximal part, ascospore (XW) 1 = <3.6 μm XW1
2 = >3.6 μm XW2
3 = unknown XW3
19 Stromal diameter (ST) 1 = <1.5 mm ST1
2 = >1.5 mm ST2
3 = unknown ST3
20 Perithecial height (PI) 1 = <232 μm PI1
2 = >232 μm PI2
3 = unknown PI3
21 Perithecial width (PD) 1 = 140–170 μm PD1
2 = 171–180 μm PD2
3 = >180 PD3
4 = unknown PD4
22 Width of surface layer of stroma (SR) 1 = <20 μm SR1
2 = >20 μm SR2
23 Diameter of surface cells of stroma seen in section (SC) 1 = 4.5–5.0 μm SC1
2 = >5.0 μm SC2
3 = unknown SC3
24 Surface cells of stroma seen in surface view (SV) 1 = <5.0 μm SV1
2 = 5.0–5.5 μm SV2
3 = >5.5 μm SV3
4 = unknown SV4
25 Cells of interior of stroma below perithecia (IN) 1 = 5.0–6.0 μm IN1
2 = 6.1–7.0 μm IN2
3 = >7.0 μm IN3
26 Hairs on stroma surface, length (HL) 1 = <12 μm HL1
2 = >12 μm HL2
3 = unknown HL3
27 Hairs on stroma surface, width (HW) 1 = 3.5–4.1 μm HW1
2 = >4.1 μm HW2
3 = unknown HW3
28 Conidial shape (CT) 1 = subglobose, strongly warted CT1
2 = subglobose, weakly warted CT2
3 = subglobose, smooth CT3
4 = oblong to ellipsoidal, smooth CT4
29 Presence of coconut odor (OD) 1 = absent OD1
2 = present OD2
30 Formation of chlamydospores on CMD within 1 week (CH) 1 = present CH1
2 = absent CH2
31 Growth on PDA at 72 h, 25°C (P25) 1 = weak growth P251
2 = moderate growth P252
3 = strong growth P253
32 Growth on PDA at 72 h, 30°C (P30) 1 = weak growth P301
2 = moderate growth P302
3 = strong growth P303
4 = no growth P304
33 Time (h) at which conidia first observed on PDA at 25°C (PF) 1 = 32 h PF1
2 = 40 h PF2
3 = 64 h PF3
4 = 72 h PF4
5 = conidia not formed PF5
34 Time (h) at which conidia first observed on SNA at 25°C (SF) 1 = 32 h SF1
2 = 40 h SF2
3 = 64 h SF3
4 = 72 h SF4
5 = conidia not formed SF5
35 Conidial color at 25°C on PDA (CC) 1 = green CC1
2 = pale green CC2
3 = white CC3
4 = conidia not formed CC4
36 Colony reverse on PDA (PS) 1 = cream PS1
2 = cream and folded PS2
3 = none PS3
37 Margin of colony on SNA, 10 days (SE) 1 = smooth SE1
2 = lobed SE2
3 = fringed, thick ends SE3
4 = fringed SE4
5 = loose SE5
6 = none SE6
38 Colony radius on PDA, 25°C, 24 h (P3) 1 = <5 mm P31
2 = >5–10 mm P32
3 = >10–15 mm P33
4 = >15 mm P34
39 Colony radius on SNA, 25°C, 48 h (S3) 1 = <5 mm S31
2 = <5–10 mm S32
3 = >10–20 mm S33
4 = >20–25 mm S34
5 = >25 mm S35
40 Surface of aggregate on CMD (AS) 1 =  conidia formed at surface; projecting, terminally fertile conidiophores conspicuous AS1
2 =  conidia formed from plumose, projecting conidiophores that are entirely fertile AS2
3 =  aggregates uniformly cottony with no projecting conidiophores AS3
41 Morphology of phialides (PM) 1 = hooked and/or sinuous phialides present PM1
2 = phialides straight PM2
3 = unknown PM3
42 Morphology of branches (BT) 1 =  regular with branches tending to be paired and regularly spaced BT1
2 =  irregular with long internodes between branches, fertile aggregate tending to be sinuous; phialides tending to be solitary BT2
3 = unknown BT3
43 RAPD pattern M13 (RAPD) Patterns 1–8 RAPD1–RAPD8
No data RAPD9
44 RAPD pattern (GACA)4 (TYPE) Patterns 1–8 TYPE1–TYPE8
No data TYPE9
45 ITS sequence type (ITS) Types 1–8 ITS1–ITS8
46 Endochitinase gene fragment (EGF) 1 = 1 fragment EGF1
2 = 2 fragments EGF2
3 = unknown EGF3
47 Endochitinase gene RFLP, HaeIII (EH) Patterns 1–12 EH1–EH12
No data EH13
48 Endochitinase gene RFLP, HhaI (HhaI) Patterns 1–6 HhaI1–HhaI6
No data HhaI7
49 Endochitinase gene RFLP, MspI (MspI) Patterns 1–11 MspI1–MspI11
No data MspI12
50 Endochitinase gene RFLP, Sau96I (Sau96I) Patterns 1–5 Sau96I1–Sau96I5
No data Sau96I6
51 28S sequence type (D28) Types 1–6 D281–D286
No data D280
52 28S RFLP, HaeIII (DH28) Pattern 1 DH281
No data DH280
53 28S RFLP, HhaI (RHh) Pattern 1 RHh1
No data RHh0
54 28S RFLP, MspI (PM) Pattern 1 PM1
Pattern 2 PM2
No data PM0
55 28S RFLP, Sau96I (PS) Pattern 1 PS1
No data PS0