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Ramichoridium schulzeri

Colonies growing moderately rapidly, consisting of a rather compact, flat, submerged mycelium, pale orange, locally with some powdery, brownish aerial mycelium; reverse pink to orange. Conidiophores are erect, straight, unbranched, thick-walled, reddish-brown, up to 250 µm high, gradually becoming paler towards the apex, of variable length, elongating sympodially during conidiogenesis, with scattered, pimple-shaped conidium bearing denticles which have unpigmented scars. Conidia are subhyaline, smooth-walled or slightly rough-walled, ellipsoidal, obovoidal or fusiform, 6.5-10.0 x 3-4 µm, usually with an acuminate base and unpigmented scars. RG-1 organism.

Conidiophores showing sympodial development of conidia of R. schulzeri.

 

Clinical significance:

Ramichloridium contains about 25 species that are usually associated with forest litter and rotting wood, however the genus contains two species of medical interest; R. mackenziei and R. schulzeri.

Mycosis: Phaeohyphomycosis

Further reading:

Domsch, K.H., W. Gams, and T.H. Anderson. 1980. Compendium of soil fungi. Volume 1. Academic Press, London, UK.

Rippon, J.W. 1988. Medical Mycology. 3rd Edition. W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, USA.