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Green Mould
A Trichoderma of section Trichoderma, close to T. viride and T. koningii (Samuels et al. 1999), and a green-mould agent of cultivated mushrooms in China. Wang et al. (2016) isolated it from diseased shiitake (Lentinula edodes) logs in three growing areas and found that it attacks shiitake mycelium strongly; two isolates inhibited shiitake growth by 73% and 50% in dual culture. It is also reported causing green mould on cultivated Ganoderma lucidum (cited in Wang et al. 2022) and is among the green-mould Trichoderma listed in a 2025 review of mushroom diseases (Gajanayake et al.).
Not edible; a contaminant and crop pathogen of cultivated mushrooms. No species-specific health data were found. Trichoderma spores in general are allergenic and can cause opportunistic infections in immunocompromised people (Thermo Fisher allergen encyclopedia, for T. viride and the genus).
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