Table 2.

Morphological features of FSSC isolates.

Isolate 1	Mycelial Growth on PDA at 28 °C (Day-9)			Length and Width of Macroconidia (µm) 2,3,4
	Top View	Viewed from Underneath	Colony Diameter (mm)	2 and 3 Septa		4 and 5 Septa
				Length	Width	Length	Width
CLINICAL ISOLATES (10)
Fp667	white, brown	brown, yellow	55	27.10 ± 3.65	2.79 ± 0.41	30.61 ± 2.68	2.99 ± 0.39
Fk620	White	white	70	none	none	none	none
Fk2781	white brownish	yellow	66	23.68 ± 2.95	3.05 ± 0.52	none	none
Fk2309	white with purple stripes	white	55	21.37 ± 2.56	3.04 ± 0.47	none	none
Fk553	White	yellow	66	none	none	none	none
Fk2353	white with purplish dark spots	white	60	20.85 ± 1.93	3.02 ± 0.46	none	none
Fk994	white, brown	orange	63	21.71 ± 3.22	2.91 ± 0.49	none	none
Fk0168	White	yellow	68	none	none	none	none
Fk2622	White	white	58	none	none	none	none
Fstr541	dark brown, white	dark brown, yellow	65	26.63 ± 3.47	2.44 ± 0.47	31.49 ± 9.90	2.81 ± 0.49
ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATES (15)
FkDI17	White	yellow	78	24.56 ± 1.92	2.95 ± 0.50	none	none
FkDir61	white, dark brown, yellow, green	dark brown, orange, yellow	46	none	none	none	none
Ff4225	white, dark brown	dark brown, orange, yellow	78	21.50 ± 1.64	3.37 ± 0.35	none	none
Ff4290	White	Yellow	76	25.51 ± 3.31	3.53 ± 0.53	none	none
Ff4324	white, purple	white, purple	78	25.82 ± 2.00	3.27 ± 0.51	none	none
Ff4325	white, brown	Brown	70	30.09 ± 2.71	3.07 ± 0.39	none	none
FwgDE4	white, brown	brown, yellow	75	30.68 ± 3.51	2.95 ± 0.52	40.56 ± 2.79	2.92 ± 0.45
FspDE40	white, dark brown	dark brown, orange	49	40.71 ± 2.15	2.98 ± 0.49	47.65 ± 4.27	2.94 ± 0.43
Fs3769	White	yellow	80	24.83 ± 3.04	3.17 ± 0.42	41.02 ± 2.91	3.29 ± 0.41
Fs3784	dark brown, white	dark brown, yellow	85	none	none	none	none
Fs3873	White	white	80	33.18 ± 2.14	3.30 ± 0.54	41.32 ± 2.43	3.07 ± 0.52
Fs3924	White	yellow	85	25.29 ± 5.02	3.31 ± 0.39	none	none
Fs4279	White	yellow	73	none	none	none	none
FcDir16	white, dark brown	dark brown, orange, yellow	63	41.56 ± 2.83	2.86 ± 0.41	50.76 ± 3.86	2.74 ± 0.39
FcDir23	White	white	63	29.85 ± 4.89	3.02 ± 0.51	36.71 ± 1.37	2.95 ± 0.36

¹ Species abbreviation: F. petroliphilum (Fp), F. keratoplasticum (Fk), F. striatum (Fstr), F. falciforme (Ff), F. waltergamsii (Fwg), Fusarium sp. (Fsp), F. suttonianum (Fs), F. cyanescence (Fc). ² Size of macroconidia grown on CLA for four to seven days at 28 °C. ³ Mean values of 30 random conidia ± standard deviation. ⁴ none means not present.