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| A) Greater mouse-eared bat ( Myotis myotis) with white fungal growth. B) Scanning electron micrograph of a bat hair colonized by Pseudogymnoascus destructans. Scale bar=10 μm | |
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The Myxotrichaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycetes class, and has seven genera. [1] Fungi in this family are mostly found in soil. Indoors, they can be found in paper substrates, damp drywall, and decomposing materials. They produce black, mesh-like, setose ascocarps with small, fusiform ascospores. Myxotrichum deflexum produces a pinkish-red diffusing pigment and may produce grey, black, and brown stains on paper surfaces. [2] No reports of mycotoxins, pathogenicity, or allergy are known.[ citation needed]
References
- ^ CURRAH, R. S (1985). "Taxonomy of the Onygenales: Arthrodermataceae, Gynmoascaceae, Myxotrichaceae and Onygenaceae". Taxonomy of the Onygenales: Arthrodermataceae, Gynmoascaceae, Myxotrichaceae and Onygenaceae. 24: 1–216. ISSN 0093-4666.
- ^ Sequeira, Sílvia Oliveira; Carvalho, Hugo Paiva de; Mesquita, Nuno; Portugal, António; Macedo, Maria Filomena (2019-11-06). "Fungal stains on paper: is what you see what you get?". Conservar Património. 32: 18–27. doi: 10.14568/cp2018007. hdl: 10362/105029. ISSN 2182-9942.
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