Cladophialophora Coccidioides sp. Dermatophytes Epicoccum spp. Zygomycetes Gliocladium spp.
Conidiophores are erect and branch repeatedly at their apices.
The terminal branches give rise to flask-shaped phialides. Conidia are 1-celled, ovoid to cylindrical, accumulating in a single, terminal, large ball, or occasionally in a loose column. A penicillus bearing a single, large, slimy ball of 1-celled conidia is typical of the genus Gliocladium . Laboratory precautions Handle with care, but special precautions are not necessary. The phialoconida acumulate in a large single ball at the top of the phialides.