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May cause mucorosis in immune comprised individuals. The sites of infections are the lung, nasal sinus passages, brain, eyes, and skin. Infection may have several sites.
Medically Important Fungi - A Guide to Identification, 2nd edition, Davise H. Larone, American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C. 1995. 274 p.
This is a zygomycete fungus in the same group as Rhizopus spp. and Mucor spp.
Reported to be allergenic.
Burge, H.A. 1985. "Fungus allergens," Clin. Rev. Allergy , 3:19-329.