Senza vegetali, è in grado di vivere nel terreno in forma saprofita. ###>In the absence of plant tissue it is capable of living in the soil as a saprophyte, feeding on dead organic matter. It grows best in a temperature of 20ºC (68ºF) to 21ºC (70ºF); it can survive in the soil in the form of chlamydospores and sclerotia.