Periconia

Natural Habitat

• Grasses
• Sedges
• Rushes
• Dead herbaceous plant material
• Soils

Suitable Substrates in the Indoor Environment

• Unknown

Mode of Dissemination

• Wind

Allergenic Potential

• Unknown

Potential Opportunist or Pathogen

• Unknown

Industrial Uses

• Unknown

Potential Toxins Produced

• Periconia circinata
produces Periconin A and Periconin B (both are biologically inactive)
• P. circinata

also produces Peritoxins A and B

References

• V Macko, M B Stimmel, T J Wolpert, L D Dunkle, W Acklin, R Bänteli, B Jaun, and D Arigoni. 1992.Structure of the host-specific toxins produced by the fungal pathogen Periconia circinata. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 89(20): 9574–9578