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Zalaria obscura

Zalaria obscura Visagie, Z. Humphries & Seifert, in Humphries et al., IMA Fungus 8(2): 309 (2017).

Index Fungorum number: IF 821630; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07669,    Fig. 1

Description: Humphries et al. (2017).

Material considered: Humphries et al. (2017).

Fig. 1 Zalaria obscura (DAOMC 250849, re-drawn from Humphries et al. 2017). a Melanized hyphae developing into chlamydospores. b, c Intercalary conidiogenous cells. d Chlamydospores. e, f Conidia with some yeast-like budding. Scale bars = 10 µm.

Importance and distribution

Zalaria comprises two species known from house dust in North America (Canada). They also occur on wooden artwork causing blackened artwork and surfaces (Sabatini et al. 2020). Zalaria is pathogenic and may cause human diseases such as asthma (Humphries et al. 2017). Zalaria comprise two species known from house dust in North America (Canada). Further studies are required to discover more species of Zalaria.

 

References

Humphries Z, Seifert KA, Hirooka Y, Visagie CM. 2017 – A new family and genus in Dothideales for Aureobasidium-like species isolated from house dust. IMA Fungus 8, 299–315.

Sabatini L, Palma F, Giorgi L, Andreazzo L, Campana R. 2020 – Isolation and molecular identification of a strain belonging to the new species Zalaria obscura from a deteriorated wooden artwork. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology 51, 1241–1246.

 

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