For more information on CIDM Public Health news and events, please visit our website.... Sporotrichosis is a dermatomycosis caused by the fungus, Sporothrix schenckii. It was first described by B.R.Schenck in the Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1898. [1] Subsequently, Hektoen and Perkins named this pathogenic fungus Sporothrix schenckii in 1900. [1] Infection usually presents as ulcer...

Cordyceps sinensis (Caterpillar fungus) (Wei et al., 2011) a reputed medicinal fungus, (Jing et al., 2011) is an entomophagous in nature. The Cordyceps sinensis is basically the costliest medicinal mushroom not only in our country but throughout the world. It has a great pharmacological property (anti-cancerous, anti-asthamatic, anti-HIV property) and is being used for over 2000 years in China ...