Geotrichum is a common mold genus that can be found. They also grow on plants, dairy products, and cereal grains. They can also act as opportunists human pathogens, usually involving immunocompromised individuals. However, certain Geotrichum species are considered a normal part of human flora. What is Geotrichum mold? The genus Geotrichum was erected by the …
P. Karst. 1881 What is Ganoderma? Ganoderma is a genus of fungi renowned for its medicinal properties. In China, Japan, and other Asian countries, Ganoderma spp. mushrooms have been medically and culturally relevant for over 2000 years [1]. Often referred to as Lingzhi, Reishi, or Mannentake, the medicinal benefits of Ganoderma were first exploited in …
What is Fusarium? Fusarium is a large economically important genus of fungi. It includes numerous species dispersed worldwide. While most of the Fusarium species are harmless saprobes that colonize the soil, some are plant pathogens that can cause significant reductions to crop yields. In addition, several species can cause several human infections. What are Fusarium …
(L.) F.H. Wigg. 1780 What is Fuligo septica? Fuligo septica is a mold commonly known as scrambled egg slime mold or dog vomit slime mold (1). Although people mainly associate slime molds with the kingdom of Fungi, F. septica is, in fact, not a fungus at all. This peculiar slime mold belongs to the class …
K.J.Leonard & Suggs (1974) What is Exserohilum? The genus Exserohilum belongs to the family Pleosporaceae of the phylum Ascomycota. They are filamentous fungi, classified into the group of dematiaceous species (darkly pigmented) [1, 2]. Exserohilum genus includes approximately thirty-five mostly asexually reproducing fungi, of which sexually reproducing species are assigned to the genus Setosphaeria [3]. …
de Bary (Aspergillus repens (Corda) Sacc) What is Eurotium repens? Eurotium repens is a cosmopolitan ascomycete fungus belonging to the xerophilic genus Eurotium. Xerophilies (Greek xeros – “dry” and philos – “loving”) are one of the seven types of extremophile organisms and can thrive (grow and reproduce) under low-moisture conditions. This makes E. repens a …
L. Mangin (1909) What is Eurotium chevalieri? Eurotium chevalieri is the sexual state of the species Aspergillus chevalieri [1] that belongs to the division Ascomycota. Genus Aspergillus is an example in mycology where dual naming applies [2, 3]. It contains five subgenera that produce species with both asexual (reproduce by cloning and fragmentation) and sexual …
What is Eurotium? Eurotium is a genus of sexually reproducing molds that comprise the teleomorph forms of several Aspergillus species, notably the A. glaucus group. However, although teleomorph forms of Aspergillus have been described in at least eight genera, Eurotium is arguably the most significant to humans as they are among the more common agents …
Link ex Steudel (1824) What is Epidermophyton? Epidermophyton is a genus of filamentous fungus belonging to an ecological group of pathogenic fungi called dermatophytes. There exist around forty species of dermatophytes, classified into four genera Epidermophyton, Microsporum, Trichophyton, and Chrysosporium. Certain dermatophytes have been found to produce sexual states, and are classified into the genus …
Link (syn. E. purpurascens Ehrenb. ex Schlecht) What is Epicoccum nigrum? Epicoccum nigrum (synonym Epicoccum purpurascens) is a filamentous fungus belonging to the phylum Ascomycota and the Dothideomycetes class [1, 2]. It reproduces asexually since its sexual stage is unknown [1, 2]. It is also classified as a dematiaceous fungus, which means it has a …
