Acladium curtisii

A fungus collected in the Dominican Republic, historically known as Haplotrichum curtisii, and according to GBIF reassigned to the genus Acladium.

Conidiophores thick-walled, with abundant right-angled branches, chestnut-brown intracellular pigment, septate, mostly with simple septa.

Conidiogenous cells arranged at the terminus of the conidiophores, ellipsoidal, somewhat widened, citriform in appearance, and denticulate.

Conidia perfectly spherical, smooth- and thick-walled, yellowish-brown in water, and depending on the focal plane showing abundant minute darker warts.

Herbarium material available: JTP2047/24 and 2378/25.