Myxotrichaceae
Myxotrichaceae
Family of fungi
The Myxotrichaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycetes class, and has seven genera.[1] Fungi in this family are mostly found in soil. Indoors, they can be found in paper substrates, damp drywall, and decomposing materials. They produce black, mesh-like, setose ascocarps with small, fusiform ascospores. Myxotrichum deflexum produces a pinkish-red diffusing pigment and may produce grey, black, and brown stains on paper surfaces.[2] No reports of mycotoxins, pathogenicity, or allergy are known.[citation needed]