Byssochlamys

Byssochlamys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
Genus: Byssochlamys
Westling (1909)
Type species
Byssochlamys nivea
Westling (1909)
Species

B. lagunculariae
B. musticola
B. trisporus
B. zollerniae

Byssochlamys is a genus of fungus in the Trichocomaceae family. First described by Swedish botanist Richard Westling in 1909,[1] the widespread genus contains four species.[2] Species in the genus are associated with food spoilage, especially heat-processed acid foods.[3]

References

  1. ^ Westling R. (1909). "Byssochlamys nivea, en foreningslank mellam familjerna Gymnoascaceae och Endomycetaceae" (in Swedish). Svensk botanisk Tidskrift 3: 125–37. 
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 108. ISBN 9780851998268. 
  3. ^ Pitt JI, Hocking AD. (2009). Fungi and Food Spoilage. Springer. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-387-92206-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=-B1s6GhOlzkC&pg=PA170. 

External Links