Chrysonilia             Print PDF

Natural Habitat

• Fruit
• Soil

Suitable Substrates in the Indoor Environment

• Bread
• Fruit
• Coffee grounds

Water Activity

• Unknown

Mode of Dissemination

• Air currents

Allergenic Potential

• Found to induce asthma in loggers

Potential Opportunist or Pathogen

• Unknown

Industrial Uses

• Related to (mitosporic state) Neurospora, a genetic model organism

Potential Toxins Produced

• Unknown

Other Comments

• Commonly referred to as red bread mold

References

• Tarlo SM, Wai Y, Dolovich J, and Summerbell R. 1996. Occupational Asthma induced by Chrysonilia sitophila in the logging industry. J. Allergy Clin Immunol. 97(6): 1409-1413.