Here's a fungus you might have in your house. In nature, you can find these growing in the soil and on plant seeds. They tend to infect nuts and oil seeds. For example, if you buy a coconut and find it to have a moldy smell/taste, this particular fungus may be the one responsible. (And yes, I know a coconut is not actually a nut but they do contain a lot of oils.) But they also love to grow in cotton. And carpets, mattresses and inside of HVAC units! Unfortunately, for those with allergies and weak immune systems, this fungus can be allergenic with toxicity similar to Aspergillus. Some sources I've found actually claim this to be the sexually reproducing form of the conidial Aspergillus. It is an inhalation risk for people with weakened immune systems, so we usually keep the plates sealed during lab. One of the molds you do not really want to have growing inside your home! They make ascospores inside bright yellow cleistothecia and these spores are actually quite heat-resistant in comparison to the asexual conidia. If you find this fungus growing on your cotton shirt and try to kill it by steaming, there's a good chance some of the ascospores will survive the treatment. They just laugh at 70-80C. Boiling finally kills them.
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Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI Microscopic image (100-fold magnification) of Aspergillus niger, grown on Sabouraud agar medium. Date 2 May 2005 (original upload date) Source No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims). Author No machine-readable author provided. Y tambe assumed (based on copyright claims).
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Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: A. niger in PDA grow media Date 18 November 2006 (original upload date) Source Own work Author Alextrevelian 006 at English Wikipedia
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iThe source code of this SVG is valid. Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI Français : Aspergillus niger, conidie germante Date 30 January 2014, 17:46:53 Source Own work Author Pancrat
Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI Microscopic image (100-fold magnification) of Aspergillus niger, grown on Sabouraud agar medium. Date 2 May 2005 (original upload date) Source No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims). Author No machine-readable author provided. Y tambe assumed (based on copyright claims).
DescriptionAPI Deutsch: Aspergillus niger auf einem Malzagar mit Hemmhof um frisch gepressten Knoblauch. Date 14 February 2011, 15:17:30 Source Flickr: IMG_8199 Author Matthias M. Permission (Reusing this file) This image, which was originally posted to Flickr, was uploaded to Commons using Flickr upload bot on 22 February 2011, 04:19 by Matthias M.. On that date, it was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the license indicated. This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 CC BY-SA 2.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 truetrue
Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: A. niger in PDA grow media Date 18 November 2006 (original upload date) Source Own work Author Alextrevelian 006 at English Wikipedia
Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI Esperanto: Konidioforo de Aspergillus niger Date 30 January 2014, 13:20:14 Source Own work Author Pancrat (Esperantigo Bildoj)
iThe source code of this SVG is valid. Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI Français : Aspergillus niger, conidie germante Date 30 January 2014, 17:46:53 Source Own work Author Pancrat
