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The high incidence ofCladosporia in the airspora indicates a prolific production of spores. Six species ofCladosporium were sampled over a period of 9 weeks, using dry and wet (mist-laden) air, and over a period of 4 weeks using humid air. Many more spores were released in wet air than in dry air: numbers released in humid air were generally intermediate between those of wet and dry samples. None of the cultures was exhausted of spores at the end of the sampling periods although samples generally decreased in size from the fifth or sixth week onwards. Removal of spores would seem to be conducive to further sporulation provided the substrate is not exhausted. Maximum productivities recorded for the six species (all in mist-laden air) ranged from 730 to 26 100 spores per mg dry weight of mycelium. Differences in the levels of spore production in culture by the six species do not correlate with their individual frequencies in the airspora, indicating that the latter are more dependent on the distribution and substrate relationships of each species.
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Harvey, R. Spore productivity in Cladosporium. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 41, 251–256 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02051103
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