A dark colored fungi that grows in places similar to
Stachybotrys spp.,
Ulocladium spp. is often found growing in water damaged sheetrock.
It is hard to distinguish between
Alternaria spp. and
Ulocladium spp. in an Air-O-Cell cassette sample if the spores are not in chains. The colony growth on a culture plate is also similar. The growth in culture is different. The
Ulocladium spp. spores are borne singly on short conidiophores. The
Alternaria spp. spores are in chains.
The organism grows well at 25 C for PDA and MEA and a bit slower on DG-18.
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Ulocladium spp. line drawing - N. Carlson
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| Ulocladium spp. 400x growing in culture - N. Carlson |
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| Ulocladium spp. growth in culture - N. Carlson |
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