Fusarium roseum (Fusarium culmorum)

A rapidly-growing fungus that produces a red to red-brown to purple colored colony within four days, when incubated at 25oC (77oF). It is found worldwide and is commonly isolated from plants, soil, caves, salt marshes, peat, fresh water and salt water. Rarely, it can be an opportunistic human pathogen.

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