Pithomyces chartarum (Berkeley et Curtis) Ellis, anamorph
Strain Designations
68/1558
Alternate State
Leptosphaerulina chartarum Roux, teleomorph
Application
produces sporidesmin
Biosafety Level
1
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Product Format
freeze-dried
Type Strain
no
Preceptrol®
no
Comments
Toxigenic
Morphology
After 8 days on Rabbit food medium at room temperature with a natural light/dark cycle, colonies are flat, white, ringed with black powdery spore masses. Spores are obovoid, rough-walled, mid-brown, becoming dark brown and opaque with age, 3-4 euseptate with one or more median cells divided by longitudinal septa.
Medium
ATCC® Medium 336: Potato dextrose agar (PDA)
ATCC® Medium 340: Rabbit food agar
