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Ulocladium is a genus of fungi.Species of this genus contain both plant pathogens and food spoilage agents. Other species contain enzymes that are biological control agents. . Some members of the genus can invade homes and are a sign of moisture because the mold requires water to t
Members of the genus Ulocladium are often found in water damaged materials, and can even be found on paper if conditions are right. It is often found together with species Stachybotrys .(Frisvad and Gravesen 1994 [ full citation needed ] , Gravesen et al. 1997 [ full citation needed ] ) The presence of Ulocladium is a good indicator of wet ...
Phytophthora (from Greek φυτόν (phytón), "plant" and φθορά (phthorá), "destruction"; "the plant-destroyer") is a genus of plant-damaging oomycetes (water molds), whose member species cause economic losses on crops worldwide, as well as environmental damage in natural ecosystems. The cell wall of Phytophthora is made up of cellulose.
When the smut invades the host plant it causes hypertrophy – the host's cells increase in size and number. (The fungus also destroys the flowering structures of the plant, so it does not make seed, but the plants can still be propagated asexually by rhizome.) In an environment such as a rice paddy, new sprouts of wild rice are easily infected ...
Specific storage environments—even if best practices—are ripe for mold. "Mold spores are everywhere, and when spores land on food in a dark, warm and/or moist environment, they start to grow ...
Mucor mucedo, commonly known as the common pinmould, [1] is a fungal plant pathogen and member of the phylum Mucoromycota and the genus Mucor. [2] Commonly found on soil, dung, water, plants and moist foods, Mucor mucedo is a saprotrophic fungus found world-wide with 85 known strains.
Cladosporium cladosporioides is a common saprotroph occurring as a secondary infection on decaying, or necrotic, parts of plants. [6] This fungus is xerophilic – growing well in low water activity environments (e.g., a W = 0.86–0.88). [14] This species is also psychrophilic, it can grow at temperatures between −10 and −3 °C (14 and 27 ...
The most infamous species, Stachybotrys chartarum (previously known as Stachybotrys atra) and Stachybotrys chlorohalonata, are known as black mold or toxic black mold in the U.S., and are frequently associated with poor indoor air quality that arises after fungal growth on water-damaged building materials. [9]