[1][8] Chaetomium perlucidum is pigmented and dark in colour, appearing hairy and wooly, with a growth rate of 4-5 mm/day.

[3] Chaetomium perlucidum is composed of saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids.

[3] Pathways of entry into the host's body include via cutaneous lesions, oral intake, or intravenously.

[3] Recreational drug users, or patients who have undergone intravenous or transplant procedures at even hospitals are also susceptible to being infected by C.

[3] Most Chaetomium fungal diseases are without known cure[3] and in one case of death from 1996, antifungal therapy through administering Amphotericin B (AMB) proved ineffective.

[3] Chaetomium perlucidum ascospores can be cultured and grown in the lab through incubation on potato flake agar at 25°C for 6-10 days.