Another member of the Aspergillus genera often found on damp building materials is
Aspergillus versicolor, It is very closely related to
Aspergillus sydowii. The colony color is light green with a few other pale colors mixed in compared to
Aspergillus sydowii's deep blue green.
Both
Aspergillus versicolor and
Aspergillus sydowii have small
spathulate heads. They are shaped like like a tiny Dairy Queen malt spoon. They will also produce conidia from structures that resemble
Penicillium spp.
The spores do not have distinguishing characteristics and are identified as Asp/Pen like on an Air-O-Cell cassette sample.
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| Aspergillus versicolor line drawing- N. Carlson |
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| Aspergillus versicolor colonies - N. Carlson |
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Aspergillus versiolor - N. Carlson
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