Water by itself does not harm the wood, but rather, wood with consistently high moisture content enables fungal organisms to grow.

If other competitive fungal organisms are present on host plants, aflatoxin production is low.

However, if non-competitive fungal organisms are present on host plants, aflatoxin production can be quite high.

It is in the sexual reproductive cycle of fungal organisms.

It is used widely as a screen for fungal organisms.

Grocott's methenamine silver stain, used widely as a screen for fungal organisms.

Actinomyces species are very closely related to Nocardia species, and at one time, both were considered to be fungal organisms.

They kill off the fungal organism without dangerous effects on the host.

It prefers sandy soils, and subsists on nutrient extraction from intermediate fungal organisms.

Some plants are very difficult to disinfect of fungal organisms.