First report of Byssochlamys spectabilis as a teleomorph of Paecilomyces variotii from Iran

During 2009–10, cheese samples were collected from shops and cheese factories in Fars and Khuzestan provinces. Isolates were recovered from cheese using malt extract agar (MEA) and potato dextrose agar (PDA). Teleomorphic characteristics such as morphology of ascocarps, asci, ascospores and anamorphic characteristics such as conidiophores, phialides, conidia and chlamydospores were investigated. Based on the above criteria Byssochlamys spectabilis, the teleomorph of Paecilomyces varioii, was identified.