Mould Identification: A Virtual Self Assessment

Excellent you have really done well.

Please find additional information below

Colonies grow rapidly, and are powdery to woolly or tufted, greyish-brown with a grey-brown to olivaceous-black reverse.

Two conidial types are produced; (1) hyaline conidia which are allantoid or cylindrical, 3-6 x 1.5-2.5 μm in size, formed on inconspicuous, peg-like phialides on thin-walled hyphae; and (2) brown, thick-walled conidia which are spherical to sub-spherical, 2.5-3.5 x 2-3 μm, formed on dark brown, slender, tapering phialides with flaring collarettes. RG-2 organism.

Phialides of P. richardsiae producing 2 types of conidia. (1) hyaline conidia, formed on inconspicuous, peg-like phialides on thin-walled hyphae; and (2) brown, thick-walled conidia formed on dark brown, slender, tapering phialides with flaring collarettes.

MIC data is limited.  Antifungal susceptibility testing of individual strains is recommended.

Antifungal	MIC ug/mL	Antifungal	MIC ug/mL	Antifungal	MIC ug/mL
	Range		Range		Range
Amphotericin B	0.125-1	Itraconazole	0.03-2	Voriconazole	0.125-2

Comment:
Phialophora richardsiae is a soft rot fungus of  wood and is an uncommon cause of human infection.  However, cases of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis have been reported.

For further information on Phaeohyphomycosis.

Virtual Assessment Home