Cylindrocarpon species

A moderately rapid-growing fungus that produces a white, beige, cream, to coffee-brown colony with a beige to amber or reddish-brown reverse, within fourteen days, when incubated at 25oC (77oF). May produce an earthy odor. It is found worldwide and is a common fungus isolated from soil and plants. Rarely, it can be an opportunistic human pathogen.

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