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| Pithomyces Habitat and Health Implications |
| This genus is common in soil and on dead or decaying plant materials especially leaves and grasses. Rarely found indoors, but it can grow on paper. No reports of allergies or infections, but some species produce a toxin that causes facial eczema in sheep. It produces Sporidesmin, Cyclodepsipeptides and Sporidemolides mycotoxins. |
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