Yeast & Mold

Issatchenkia terricola

Genus/species (aliases): Issatchenkia terricola (Pichia terricola, Saccharomyces terricolus) 

Classification: Ascomycete, teleomorph

Morphology:

Issatchenkia orientalis

Genus/species: Issatchenkia orientalis (Candida krusei, anamorph; Saccharomyces krusei)

Classification: Ascomycete; teleomorph

Morphology:

Hansenula anomala

Genus/species (former genus/species): Hansenula anomala (now merged into Pichia anomala; synonyms with Willia anomala, Endomyces anomalus, Wickerhamomyces anomalus)

Classification: Ascomycete

Morphology:

Hanseniaspora uvarum

Genus/species (aliases): Hanseniaspora uvarum (Kloeckera appiculata anamorph; Kloeckera austriaca, Kloeckera brevis, Kloeckera lodderi, Hanseniaspora apiculata)

Classification: Ascomycete; teleomorph

Morphology:

Hanseniaspora guilliermondii

Genus/species (aliases): Hanseniaspora guilliermondii (Kloeckera apis anamorph; Acaromyces laviae, Hanseniaspora apuliensis, Hanseniaspora melligeri, Kloeckera apiculata, Willia guilliermondii)

Classification : Ascomycete, teleomorph

Morphology:

Guignardia bidwellii

Genus/species: Guignardia bidwellii (teleomorph) Phyllosticta ampelicida (anamorph), black grape rot

Classification: Ascomycete

Morphology:

Gliocladium sp.

Genus/species (aliases):  Gliocladium sp. (Obsolete: AcrostalagmusIsaria, and Verticillium; telemorphs: NectriaHypocrea, and Nectriopsis)

Classification: Ascomycete

Morphology:

Geotrichum Sp.

Genus/species: Geotrichum Sp. (Trichosporon (obsolete)) most common species is G. candidum

Classification: Ascomycete

Morphology:

  • Cell: smooth, cylindrical arthroconidia
  • Colony: Dextrose agar: flat, white, dry, fast-growing
  • Spore: arthroconidia.  conidiophores absent.
  • Zygote:
  • Ascus:
  • Liquid Growth:

Physiological Traits:

Fusarium sp.

Genus/species (aliases): Fusarium sp.

Classification: Ascomycete

Morphology:

  • Cell: Dependent on species
  • Colony: Dependent on species
  • Spore: In F. oxysporum, there are three types of spores: microconidia, macroconidia, and chlamydospores
  • Zygote: Asexual
  • Ascus:
  • Liquid Growth:

 

Ecological Traits:

Erysiphe necator

Genus/species (aliases): Erysiphe necator (Uncinula necator)

Classification: Ascomycete

Morphology: 

  • Cell: Ovoid
  • Colony: Overlapping white threads
  • Spore: Grape berry shaped with attached conidiophore
  • Zygote: Small sacs that give rise to asci
  • Ascus: Long sacs housed in spherical Cleistothecia
  • Liquid Growth: Clumpy

Physiological Traits: Uses leaves and berries as growth substrates.