[4] Colonies of C. punctatus are yellow in the center and relatively flat surface at the pale peripherals with a central bump.

[2] Chlamydosauromyces punctatus has branched, narrow, smooth-walled, yellow hyphae, 1.5–2.5 μm in width with thin-walled septa.

[2] The genus Chlamydosauromyces was named after the frilled lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingii and the species epithet 'punctatus' was selected in reference to the pitted ornamentation of the ascospores.

[8] Small subunit (SSU) region in the nuclear ribosomal gene of C. punctatus is 1,738 nucleotides in length.

[9] Phylogenic study based on the sequence have shown Renispora flavissima to be the closest related taxon.

[2] Even though these two species are the most closely related to each other, the bootstrap value was low (78%),[2] indicating that the phylogenic similarity is not particularly high.

[2][10] In addition to the morphological differences between two species of fungi, the conidia of the Chrysosporium anamorph of Renispora are large with spiny tubercules and formed on stalks whereas Chlamydosauromyces produces an asexual state characterized by alternate arthroconidia.

[2] Chlamydosauromyces punctatus was first found in the putatively healthy Squamate reptiles free of cutaneous lesions.