Fusarium crookwellense is often confused with F. culmorum (due to their growth habits, and wide spores), but the spores should have a distinct foot cell, that is absent with F. culmorum. Also, they tend to be 5-7 septate (not 2-5 septate like F. culmorum).
Sterilant:
1% NaOCl
Sterilant time:
4 min
Growth time:
5 days
Lighting:
3:1 (fluorescent:nUV), within 60cm of light. Alternating light/dark in 12 hr intervals
