Allocucurbitaria botulispora
Allocucurbitaria botulispora Valenz.-Lopez, Stchigel, Guarro & Cano, in Valenzuela-Lopez, Cano-Lira, Guarro, Sutton, Wiederhold, Crous & Stchigel, Stud. Mycol. 90: 52 (2017)
Index Fungorum number: IF 819770; Facesoffungi number: FoF xxx, Fig. 1
Description: see Valenzuela-Lopez et al. (2018)
Material examined: see Valenzuela-Lopez et al. (2018)
Fig. 1. Allocucurbitaria botulispora (CBS 142452, redrawn from Valenzuela-Lopez et al. 2018) a Conidiophores. b Conidia. Scale bars: a, b = 10 µm.
Importance and role
Importance of genus to ecosystem
Species of Allocucurbitaria are pathogenic and cause disease in human.
Industrial relevance and applications
There are currently no industrial applications of Allocucurbitaria.
Quarantine significance
No disease has been reported from Allocucurbitaria.
Biochemical importance of the genus, chemical diversity or applications
The chemical diversity of Allocucurbitaria has not been investigated.
Diversity of the genus
Allocucurbitaria comprises only one species known from human scab on leg in USA.
Recent News
Recent paper to be publishedRecent Genus
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Recent Species
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