Possible ID Trichoderma sp.
Classification:
Phylum Ascomycota
Class Sordariomycete
Order Hypocreales
Family Hypocreacea
Isolation and culturing method :
Isolated from plate placed under air duct on the third floor of Rooke. Was on a plate with a variety of different fungi. Separated and placed on a plate of just agar. Plate was left alone for one week and then a small amount was transferred onto another plate of just agar to form a pure culture.
Culture appearance and growth:
Surface of plate looks scaly. Hyaphae growing above the agar surface, none growing into or below. Hyphae dark green. Conidia form around hyphal tips in structures that resemble chicken feet. Quick growth at room temperate, fill up a regular size plate in about one week timespan.
Spore production
Spore grow above the agar surface. Conidia about 5uM in size. Grow in clusters off the end of hyphal tips in the shape of a chicken foot. Hyphae and spores dark green in appearance.
update April 23- No DNA evidence returned from lab, no sequence analysis could be conducted.