Byssochlamys
Byssochlamys is a former genus of fungi in the Trichocomaceae family, containing teleomorph forms of Paecilomyces. Several species of the genus Byssochlamys were well known to be associated with food spoilage,[2] especially acidic heat-processed foods.[3] A health concern was the production the mycotoxin patulin in fruit juices, as well as byssochlamic acid and mycophenolic acid.[3]
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| Genus: | Byssochlamys Westling (1909) |
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| Byssochlamys nivea Westling (1909) | |
Taxonomy
First described by Swedish botanist Richard Westling in 1909,[4] it contained teleomorph forms of the genus Paecilomyces, traditionally covering anamorphic forms. With the adaptation of the "one fungus : one name" rule, Byssochlamys is considered a synonym of Paecilomyces.
The database Mycobank lists 9 legitimate species names, most of which are now considered to belong in the genus Paecilomyces.
- Byssochlamys fulva, now Paecilomyces fulvus.
- Byssochlamys lagunculariae, now Paecilomyces lagunculariae.
- Byssochlamys nivea and B. trisporus, now Paecilomyces niveus.
- Byssochlamys spectabilis, now Paecilomyces variotii.
- Byssochlamys striata, now Pseudohamigera striata.
- Byssochlamys verrucosa, now Thermoascus verrucosus.
- Byssochlamys musticola and Byssochlamys zollerniae are currently not assigned an updated taxonomy.
References
- "NCBI Taxonomy Browser entry for Byssochlamys".
- Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- Pitt JI, Hocking AD (2009). Fungi and Food Spoilage. Springer. pp. 170, 175. ISBN 978-0-387-92206-5.
- Westling R. (1909). "Byssochlamys nivea, en foreningslank mellam familjerna Gymnoascaceae och Endomycetaceae". Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift (in Swedish). 3: 125–37.