AOAC CASP SMPRs for Comment

columnar head

Short (<250 µm), smooth, brown Long, smooth, colorless or brown

Round, columnar head

Biseriate, short

A. nidulans

–

+ (red)

+

–

Round, radiate head

A. niger

Biseriate

–

–

–

–

+ (solitary, round, produce d directly on hyphae)

Round, compactl y columnar head

Short (<250 µm),

A. terreus

Biseriate

–

–

–

smooth, colorless

Round, loosely radiate head

+ (in some strains )

Long, smooth, colorless

A. versicolor

Biseriate

–

–

–

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S: Sclerotia

C: Cleistothecia HC: Hulle cells A: Aleuriconidia