Microascus cinereus (Emile-Weil & Gaudin) Curzi--a human pathogen?
Microascus cinereus is described accompanying Aspergillus fumigatus in human lung tissue. The tissue contained A. fumigatus conidiophores and conidia and M. cinereus perithecia, ascospores, annellophores and conidia. The pathogenicity of M. cinereus is discussed.
D001203:Ascomycota / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000473:pathology*