Abstract
An unusual fungus, probably traumatically introduced into the eye of a horse while grazing, was studied on various mycological media. Upon examination of colonies the organism produced bulbils and clearly exhibited the characteristics of a new species of Papulaspora, P. equi Shadomy & Dixon.
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Shadomy, H.J., Dixon, D.M. A new Papulaspora species from the infected eye of a horse: Papulaspora equi sp. nov.. Mycopathologia 106, 35–39 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00436924
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