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Amyelois is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1956. Its single species, Amyelois transitella, the navel orangeworm, described by Francis Walker in 1863, is endemic to the tropical Western Hemisphere, including the southern United States.
A viral TikTok blamed insects for why we occasionally eat a burnt-tasting pistachio. We consulted Dr. Tracy Ellis, an award-winning entomologist at FarmSense, to unpack everything we need to know ...
The first signs of dracunculiasis occur around a year after infection, as the full-grown female worm prepares to leave the infected person's body. [2] As the worm migrates to its exit site – typically the lower leg – some people have allergic reactions, including hives, fever, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. [6]
Stigmatomycosis is characterized by a wet, smelly, rancid, slimy kernel.Kernels with stigmatomycosis can be 1) small, dark green and partially developed with a brown funiculus, 2) well-developed, dark green and rancid, or 3) full-sized but abnormal, being white or light yellow and jelly-like, with a lobed appearance.
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Urushiol-induced contact dermatitis (also called Toxicodendron dermatitis or Rhus dermatitis) is a type of allergic contact dermatitis caused by the oil urushiol found in various plants, most notably sumac family species of the genus Toxicodendron: poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac, and the Chinese lacquer tree. [1]
The fruit body of X. campanella has a small umbrella-shaped cap, about .5–2 cm wide. [4] The thin brown stalk is 1–5 cm long and 1–3 mm wide, yellow at the apex, reddish brown below, with brown or yellow hairs at the base. [4] [5] The gills are pale yellow to pale orange. [4] The spore print is pale buff. [5]
The most typical areas where injuries occur are the back of the feet, the toes, the legs, and the area around a venous ulcer formed in the extremities, although the latter is the rarest of all. [2] These injuries include pachydermia (thickening of the skin), lymphedema (swelling due to lymph vessel blockage), lymphomastic verrucosis and ...