Myxotrichaceae

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.

Myxotrichaceae
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
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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Eurotiomycetes
Subclass:
Eurotiomycetidae
Order:
Onygenales
Family:
Myxotrichaceae

Locq. ex Currah (1985)
Type genus
Myxotrichum
Kunze (1823)
Genera

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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. ISSN 2182-9942.


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