Cladosporium sp.
ALLERGENICITY
Allergenic(67,68,69,70,72,73,81,126,231,254,274,341-343,458)
MYCOTOXINS PRODUCED
Cladosporin (459), Epi-, & fagi-cladosporic acid (3), Isocladosporin (459).
PATHOGENICITY IN HUMANS
Generally non-pathogenic. Some species involved in pulmonary(1,462), (sub)cutaneous (1,460,461) infection, lesions (1,462,463), phaeohyphomycosis(1,460,461,464), possible skin (1,2,462,1094), nail (462,1094), eye (1,2,161,462,622), sinus (1,2) infections, foot mycetoma (465).
IDENTIFICATION CHARACTERISTICS on POTATO DEXTROSE AGAR (PDA)
C. cladosporioides: short conidiophores, lemon-shaped conidia with hila in the short chains; C.herbarum: conidia ellipsoidal-cylindrical with rounded ends, brown, size varied; C.sphaerospermum: conidia round, small, brown with hila (2)