Neurospora sitophila

Neurospora sitophila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Sordariales
Family: Sordariaceae
Genus: Neurospora
Species:
N. sitophila
Binomial name
Neurospora sitophila
Shear & B.O.Dodge
Synonyms[1]
  • Amblyosporium aurantiacum (Lév. ex Mont.) Höhn.
  • Chrysonilia sitophila (Mont.) Arx
  • Monilia aurantiaca (Lév. ex Mont.) Herter
  • Monilia lupuli (C.G.Matthews & F.E.Lott) Massee
  • Monilia sitophila (Mont.) Sacc.
  • Oidium aurantiacum Lév.
  • Oidium aurantiacum Lév. ex Mont.
  • Oidium lupuli C.G.Matthews & F.E.Lott
  • Oospora aurantiaca (Lév. ex Mont.) Herter
  • Oospora lupuli (C.G.Matthews & F.E.Lott) Lindau
  • Penicillium sitophilum Mont.

Neurospora sitophila is a species of fungus also known as red bread fungus or orange bread fungus. It is a mold that spoils various foods and is responsible for occupational asthma in the wood and cork industry.[2]

  1. ^ "Neurospora sitophila". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  2. ^ Shear, C. L.; Dodge, B. O. (June 1, 1927). "Life Histories and Heterothallism of the Red Fungi of the Monilia Sitophilia Group". Journal of Agricultural Research. 34 (11): 1033–1035.