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Molds are considered to be microbes and do not form a specific taxonomic or phylogenetic grouping, but can be found in the divisions Zygomycota and Ascomycota. In the past, most molds were classified within the Deuteromycota. [5] Mold had been used as a common name for now non-fungal groups such as water molds or slime molds that were once ...
Another study in 2007 stated a number of more than 1000, in which the Myxogastria comprised the biggest group of slime moulds, with over 900 species. On the basis of sequenced environmental samples it is estimated that the group has between 1200 and 1500 species – more than previously estimated.
Brefeldia maxima is a species of non-parasitic plasmodial slime mold, and a member of the class Myxomycetes. It is commonly known as the tapioca slime mold because of its peculiar pure white, tapioca pudding-like appearance. [3] A common species with a worldwide distribution, particularly in North America and Europe. [4]
The superorder Lucisporidia, known as the “brightly-spored” or “clear –spored” slime molds lacking a columella, [2] which is an extension of the spore stalk through the structure that holds the spores. It contains the sister groups Trichiales and Liceales.
The use of fungi in bioterrorism dates back to 600 B.C., when the Assyrians used the rye ergot fungus (claviceps purpurea) to contaminate enemy wells. [8] Currently, the fungi that have the greatest risk to the public are a specific set of molds that create a range of different mycotoxins, depending on the species. [9]
Stachybotrys chartarum (/ s t æ k iː ˈ b ɒ t r ɪ s tʃ ɑː r ˈ t ɛər ə m /, stak-ee-BO-tris char-TARE-əm, [2] also known as black mold [3] is a species of microfungus that produces its conidia in slime heads. Because of misinformation, S. chartarum has been inappropriately referred to as toxic mold.
Members of this order are sometimes called pin molds. The term mucormycosis is now preferred for infections caused by molds belonging to the order Mucorales.
Stachybotrys (/ ˌ s t æ k i ˈ b ɒ t r ɪ s /) is a genus of molds, hyphomycetes or asexually reproducing, filamentous fungi, now placed in the family Stachybotryaceae. The genus was erected by August Carl Joseph Corda in 1837.