Zygosporium species

A moderately rapid-growing fungus that produces a gray, brown, or black colony within seven days, when incubated at 25oC (77oF). The hyphae, conidiophores, and conidia are pigmented olivaceous-brown (dematiaceous). It is found worldwide on plants, and dead leaves. There have not been any reports of human infections.

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