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Table 1 Macroscopic characteristics of isolated endophytes

From: Antimicrobial, antioxidant, and cytotoxic properties of endophytic fungi isolated from Thysanolaena maxima Roxb., Dracaena spicata Roxb. and Aglaonema hookerianum Schott.

Identified

genus

Internal strain no.

Colony Morphology

Margin

Texture

Growth

rate

Hyphae

Mycelia

Color of the reverse side

Pestalotia sp.

TMFE-1

Entire

Radial

Fast

Surficial

Cottony and aerial

Black

Colletotrichum sp.

TMFE-2

Filiform

Radial

Fast

Aerial

Cottony, filamentous and raised at the center

White

Colletotrichum sp.

TMFE-3

Entire

Radial

Fast

Aerial

Velvety and slightly flat at the center

White

Colletotrichum sp.

TMLE-2

Filiform

Wooly

Moderate

Aerial

Raised and fibrous

Off white

Fusarium sp.

TMLE-3

Undulate

Radial

Slow

Aerial

Soft and elevated at the center

Purple

Fusarium sp.

DSLE-1

Undulate

Radial

Moderate

Surficial

Soft and grows upward

Light pink

Fusarium sp.

DSLE-2

Lobate

Wooly

Moderate to rapid

Aerial

Cottony and dense near center

Off white

Fusarium sp.

DSLE-4

Entire

Wooly

Slow

Surficial

Smooth and slightly raised

Off white

Fusarium sp.

DSBE-1

Lobate

Wooly

Slow

Aerial

Elevated and velvety

Off white

Fusarium sp.

AHPE-3

Undulate

Wooly

Moderate

Surficial

Densely floccose at the center

Pinkish white

Fusarium sp.

AHPE-4

Undulate

Radial

Moderate

Surficial

Elevated and fluffy

Pink

Colletotrichum sp.

AHLE-1

Lobate

Wooly

Fast

Aerial

Cottony, dense and aerial mycelium

Gray

Colletotrichum sp.

AHLE-4

Entire

Wooly

Fast

Aerial

Soft, dense and aerial mycelium

Black and white

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