; well-developed globose to subglobose sclerotia.
Other morphological characteristics were, however, distinguishable. The most noticeable differences between
these three Penicillium isolates and P. raistrickii were: on CYA, a colony surface that was radiately sulcate with few
furrows and reversed colouring (fromlight yellow to brown); the presence of light brown exudates; on MEA, the presence
of the centre overlaid with sectors of shallow radiating white sterile hyphae; penicilli that were often terverticillate,
yielding conidiophores that were less rugose with shorter stipes, metulae and phialides and with bigger conidia.