Chrysosporium | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Onygenales |
Family: | Onygenaceae |
Genus: | Chrysosporium Corda (1833) |
Type species | |
Chrysosporium corii Corda (1833)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Chrysosporium is a genus of hyaline hyphomycetes fungi in the family Onygenaceae.[2]
Chrysosporium colonies are moderately fast-growing, flat, white to tan to beige in color; they often have a powdery or granular surface texture. Hyaline, one-celled (ameroconidia) are produced directly on vegetative hyphae by non-specialized conidiogenous cells. Conidia are typically pyriform to clavate with truncate bases (6 to 7 by 3.5 to 4 um) and are formed either intercalary (arthroconidia), laterally (often on pedicels), or terminally.