“…Trichothecene producing strains of these fungi have been isolated from moldy grains, fruits, and soil found in Africa , Austria (Vesonder and Ciegler 1979), Canada Vesonder and Ciegler 1979;Scott et al 1980;Andrews et al 1981;Davis et al 1982), Czechoslovakia (Betina and Vankova 1977), Finland (Ilus et al 1977), France (Bamburg et al 1968a;Jemmali et al 1978), Germany (Marasas et al 1979a), Hungary (Gyimesi and Melera 1967;Harrach et al 1981), India (Ghosal et al 1976;Rukmini and Bhat 1978;Ghosal et al 1978), Italy (Bottalico 1977), Japan (Tatsuno 1968;Ueno et al 1969), New Guinea (Godtfredsen and Vangedal 1965), Scotland (Petrie et al 1977), South Africa Marasas et al 1979b), Soviet Union (Olifson 1957;Joffe 1962;Mirocha and Pathre 1973), United States (Bamburg et al 1968a,b;Hsu et al 1972;Mirocha et al 1976;Vesonder et al 1979a), and Thailand (Okuchi et al 1968). Most of these fungi are common air-borne and soil organisms and appear to be ubiquitous in nature.…”