Byssochlamys
Genus of fungi
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Byssochlamys is a former genus of fungi in the Trichocomaceae family, containing teleomorph forms of Paecilomyces. Several species of the genus Byssochlamys were well known to be associated with food spoilage,[1] especially acidic heat-processed foods.[2] A health concern was the production of the mycotoxin patulin in fruit juices, as well as byssochlamic acid and mycophenolic acid.[2]
| Byssochlamys | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Eurotiales |
| Family: | Thermoascaceae |
| Genus: | Byssochlamys Westling (1909) |
| Type species | |
| Byssochlamys nivea Westling (1909) | |
Taxonomy
First described by Swedish botanist Richard Westling in 1909,[3] it contained teleomorph forms of the genus Paecilomyces, traditionally covering anamorphic forms. With the adaptation of the "one fungus : one name" rule, Byssochlamys is considered a synonym of Paecilomyces.
The database Mycobank lists 9 legitimate species names, most of which are now considered to belong in the genus Paecilomyces.
- Byssochlamys fulva, now Paecilomyces fulvus.
- Byssochlamys lagunculariae, now Paecilomyces lagunculariae.
- Byssochlamys nivea and B. trisporus, now Paecilomyces niveus.
- Byssochlamys spectabilis, now Paecilomyces variotii.
- Byssochlamys striata, now Pseudohamigera striata.
- Byssochlamys verrucosa, now Thermoascus verrucosus.
- Byssochlamys musticola and Byssochlamys zollerniae are currently not assigned an updated taxonomy.
