Microascus brevicaulis

Microascus brevicaulis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Microascales
Family: Microascaceae
Genus: Microascus
Species:
M. brevicaulis
Binomial name
Microascus brevicaulis
S.P. Abbott (1998)
Synonyms

Penicillium brevicaule Sacc. (1886)
Scopulariopsis brevicaulis (Sacc.) Bainier (1907)

Microascus brevicaulis is a microfungus in the Ascomycota.[1][2] It is the teleomorph form of Scopulariopsis brevicaulis. Microascus brevicaulis occurs world-wide as a saprotroph in soil, a common agent of biodeterioration, an irregular plant pathogen, and an occasional agent of human nail infection.[3][4]

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  2. ^ Kirk et al., p. 55.
  3. ^ Onions, A.H.S., Allsopp D., Eggins H.O.W. (1991). Smith's Introduction to industrial mycology (7th ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521427821.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Lee, Myung Hoon; Hwang, Sung Min; Suh, Moo Kyu; Ha, Gyoung Yim; Kim, Heesoo; Park, Jeong Young (2012). "Onychomycosis caused by Scopulariopsis brevicaulis: Report of Two Cases". Annals of Dermatology. 24 (2): 209–213. doi:10.5021/ad.2012.24.2.209. PMC 3346915. PMID 22577275.