Aspergillus

Conidia

Conidia grow by are blastic outgrowth like budding of yeast

Aspergillus Other blastic conidia are

Penicillum

Phialophora

Anneloconidia scopulariopsis/exophiala

(annelids marked)

Holoblastic conidia cladosporium On the contrary if conidia are produced by a prexisting hyphae it is called thalic conidia like arthro and aleurioconidia

Arthroconidia brick/square shaped

eg. Geotrichum

Aleurioconidia -

eg. Microsporum

Colony has atleast some green (careful with glaucus)

Fumigatus

flavus

gaucus

nidulans

versicolor

Clavutus No green

niger

terreus

Candidus

ustus

Colony has some shades of green Elongated vesicile Aspergillus clavutus Soil, malt, allergenic, maltworkers lung. Can produce toxin patulin.

Rounded vesicle

Flavus, fumigates, galucus, nidulans, versicolor

Rounded vesicle? Colony pale green/yellow green Usually contaminant

Stalks rough Also check if phialides arising circumferentially from globose vesicle Colony dark green, yellow areas, smooth stalk Fumigates, glaucus, nidulans, versicolor Look for metula !!

No metula (fumigates, glaucus)

metula (arrowhead) (nidulans, versicolor) Colony dark green Fumigatus Colony start white, then turn dark green. Phialides only extend from top half of vesicle

Glaucus Phialides all over the vesicle, but vesicle cannot be seen. (similar to niger)

Nidulans Look for pale brown stalk, and metula, white young culture, turns dark brown

Versicolor Colourless stalk, round head, look for metula

For those groups which doesnt have any green shade in their colony Stalk dark brown = ustus

Stalk colourless, dark colony= niger

Stalk colourless, biseriate swept forward like conidia, colonybrown/sand = terreus Stalk colourless, white colony=candidus