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Rasamsonia Cylindrospora
''Rasamsonia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Trichocomaceae, circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed in 2011 by mycologists Jos Houbraken and Jens Frisvad. It is characterized from other genera of the Trichocomaceae by the following combination of features: species are thermotolerant or thermophilic; their conidiophores have distinctly rough-walled stipes; conidia are olive brown; and ascomata, if present, have minimal covering. ''Rasamsonia'' phenotypically resembles ''Paecilomyces'', in that both have thermotolerant species, produce olive-brown conidia, and form ascomata with no or scarce ascomatal covering; ''Rasamsonia'', however, differs from ''Paecilomyces'' in having more regularly branched conidiophores with distinct rough-walled structures. The type species is ''Rasamsonia emersonii'', a fungus formerly classified in the genus ''Talaromyces''. Clinical relevance Due to an increase in reports of human and animal mycosis by ''Rasamsonia argillacea'' (formerly ''Geos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from the other eukaryotic kingdoms, which by one traditional classification include Plantae, Animalia, Protozoa, and Chromista. A characteristic that places fungi in a different kingdom from plants, bacteria, and some protists is chitin in their cell walls. Fungi, like animals, are heterotrophs; they acquire their food by absorbing dissolved molecules, typically by secreting digestive enzymes into their environment. Fungi do not photosynthesize. Growth is their means of mobility, except for spores (a few of which are flagellated), which may travel through the air or water. Fungi are the principal decomposers in ecological systems. These and other differences place fungi in a single group of related organisms, named the ''Eumycota'' (''t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
