Fungi Identification - Fungi living on ground leaves (Nov/22/2008 )

I have a possible fungi that is making a slimy goo when grown on ground leaves in Bolds media. When the fungi is put on a plate I get a lot of large filaments and possilbe spores. The cells are blue and cyan in color and seem to have various morphologies which could be multiple organisms. I have attached pics. Anyone have any ideas or seen this type of cell before. Why cyan in color?

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That looks like Fusarium to me. Those long-ish cells look like macroconidia. Fusarium produces both macroconidia and microconidia which could explain the various morphologies.

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Agree with EcoliBreath, looks like Fusarium. What color has the colony....ie is there some pink in it? This would be a good clue towards fusarium; but just to be sure, check for Cylindrocarpon and allied species, which can produce two types of conidia as well....from the pictures it looks like Fusarium.......

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Thanks. I think you are right. I appreciate the help. The colonies are white with pink middle. there are hair like hypaea also. I wonder if I picked this up floating in the lab or if it was associated with the algae sample that I was originally trying to cultivate from a shallow river?

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Thanks. I think you are right. I appreciate the help. The colonies are white with pink middle. there are hair like hypaea also. I wonder if I picked this up floating in the lab or if it was associated with the algae sample that I was originally trying to cultivate from a shallow river?

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