Table 3.

Morphological comparisons of new Talaromyces species and their closely related species.

Species	CYA 25 °C (mm)	CYA 37 °C (mm)	MEA (mm)	YES (mm)	Conidiophore	Conidia Shape	Conidia Wall	Conidia Size (µm)	Reference
T. aspriconidius	22–23	22–23	36–37	28–29	biverticillate	globose	strikingly roughened	3–4	[4]
T. calidicanius	27–30	no growth	47–48	40–41	biverticillate	ellipsoidal to fusiform	finely rough to rough with spiral striations	2.5–4.5 × 2–3	[2]
T. duclauxii	25–27	3–4	48–50	43–44	biverticillate	ellipsoidal	smooth to finely rough	3–4 × 1.5–3.5	[2]
T. flavus	9–10	19–20	31–32	24–26	monoverticillate	ellipsoidal	smooth	2–3 × 1.5–2.5	[2]
T. haitouensis	22–25	18–20	48–51	25–28	biverticillate	pyriform to ellipsoidal	smooth	2.5–3 × 2–2.5	[10]
T. marneffei	13–25	5–10	15–27	17–25	mono- to biverticillate	subglobose	smooth	2.5–4 × 2–3	[2]
T. ginkgonis	9–13	no growth	19–21	12–13	biverticillate	ellipsoidal to fusiform	smooth	3.5–4 × 2–3	This study
T. kabodanensis	15–25	no growth	37–44	28–35	biverticillate	ovoidal to fusiform	finely rough to rough with spiral striations	2.5–3.5 × 1.5–2.5	[24]
T. primulinus	5–6	no growth	20–25	8–10	biverticillate	ellipsoidal to fusiform	smooth to finely rough	2–4 × 1.5–3	[2]
T. shilinensis	10–11	no growth	36–38	18–19	biverticillate	ellipsoidal to broad fusiform	smooth	2.5–3.5 × 2–2.5	This study