Pleurostoma richardsiae( formerly Pleurostomophora richardsiae) 225 Phaeoacremonium parasiticum 226 Phialemonium spp. 228 Cladosporium spp. 230
TABLE 2.14 Characteristics of Cladosporium spp. and Cladophialophora spp. 232 Cladophialophora carrionii 233
Cladophialophora boppii 235 Cladophialophora bantiana 236 Scedosporium apiospermum species complex 237
TABLE 2.15 Differentiating phenotypic characteristics of the clinically encountered members of Scedosporium spp. and Lomentospora prolificans 241
Lomentospora prolificans( formerly Scedosporium prolificans) 242 Verruconis gallopava( formerly Ochroconis gallopava) 244
TABLE 2.16 Characteristics of some of the " black yeasts " 246 Exophiala jeanselmei species complex 247 Exophiala dermatitidis 249 Hortaea werneckii 251 Madurella mycetomatis 252 Trematosphaeria grisea( formerly Madurella grisea) 253 Piedraia hortae 254 Aureobasidium pullulans 255
TABLE 2.17 DifferentiaI characteristics of Aureobasidium pullulans versus Hormonema dematioides 257
Hormonema dematioides 258 Neoscytalidium dimidiatum 259 Botrytis cinerea 261 Stachybotrys chartarum 262 Thermothelomyces thermophilus( formerly Myceliophthora thermophila) 264 Curvularia spp. 265
TABLE 2.18 Characteristics of Curvularia spp. and Exserohilum rostratum 269 Exserohilum rostratum 270 Helminthosporium spp. 272 Alternaria spp. 273 Stemphylium spp. 275 Pseudopithomyces spp.( formerly Pithomyces spp.) 276 Epicoccum spp. 277 Nigrospora spp. 279 Chaetomium spp. 280 Phoma spp. 282
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