Possible ID Sarocladium sp.
Classification:
Phylum Ascomycota
Class Pezizomycotina
Order Sordariomycetes
Family Sarocladium
Isolation and culturing method
From soil outside of LC. Small amount of soil centrifuged with water, plated, and grown at room temperature. Specific culture removed from plate by taking a clump of hyphae, re-plated four times on M+C agar plate to obtain pure culture.
Culture appearance and growth
Surface texture looks bumpy. Central portion grows higher while external portions grow outward. Hyphae grows above agar, not in or below. Hyphae slender, about 5um wide. Septate with no clamp connections.
Spore production
Spore size about 10 uM and circular. Spores seemingly dark green color, with the borders being darker than the center. Spores are found on top of hyphae, not matriculated within. No structures larger than spores observed, even after two consecutive weeks of microscopy.
edit April 23-
Epicoccum nigrum. 9/10 top hits have 0.0 e value, 99% query cover and 100% identity.