Figure 33 Dematiaceous Fungi: MIG

Cladosporium species

• Specimen: Sputum

• Medium: Sabouraud agar

Colonial Morphology: Grows rapidly or slowly as powdery to wooly, velvety, olive brown, greyish green to brownish-black on the surface and reverse. Cladosporium species not growing at 37ºC are considered normally non-pathogenic.

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