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Table 2 Macroscopic and microscopic characteristics of fungal isolates from the polyethylene dumpsite soil

From: Biodegradation of polyethylene by indigenous fungi from waste recycling site, South West, Nigeria

Isolate code

Macroscopic/microscopic characteristics

Probable identity

F1

Yellow–green spores, septate hyphae, rough and colourless conidia

Aspergillus flavus

F2

Green spores, septate hyphae, woolly colony, white mycelia. Conidia are glubose, rough

Aspergillus nidulans

F3

Light–green with whitish edges, brush-shaped conidia. Multinucleated septate and colourless hyphae

Penicillium chrysogenum

F4

Whitish colonies, raised and branched apical and globular spores

Mucor mucedo

F5

Yellow–green colonies with dendritic white edges. Conidia are ellipsoidal

Eurotium repens

F6

Blue–green spores. Columnar, uniseriate conidial heads. Hyphae are septate. Conidia are round, smooth to finely roughen

Aspergillus fumigates

F7

Greyish fluffy mass. Visible elevated black spore. Non-septate hyphae

Rhizopus stolonifer