Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina, Clavicipitales, Cordycipitaceae. Genus: SIMPLICILLIUM
Simplicillium sinense Yuan et al.
Latest update: 19 October 2024
Colony characteristics
Colonies (YPG, 10 d, 30°C) reaching 2.5 cm diam, white, velvety, with radial cracks; reverse pinkish-yellow.
Microscopy
Hyphae hyaline, thin- and smooth-walled, sparsely septate. Phialides 10–30 × 1.0–1.5 μm, arising from creeping hyphae, phialidic with a single opening, 0-1-septate, hyaline, smooth-walled, solitary, tapering towards the apex. Conidia hyaline, spherical to ellipsoidal, 1.2–2.0 × 1.0–2.0 μm, aggregating in slimy heads. Sexual state unknown.
Pathogenicity
RG-1, BSL-1. The species is known from a single case of a cutaneous facial lesion in a diabetic patient (Yuan et al., 2023).
References
Nomenclature
Simplicillium sinense X.Y. Yuan, Jing Z. Sun & H.W. Liu, in Yan, Ni, Gu, Liu, Yuan & Sun – Front. Microbiol. 14:1156027, 2023; type strain: AFMCCC 16b; ITS rDNA = OQ332403, TEF-1α = OQ352167.
