Question

What diseases are caused by fungi?

Answer 1

Fungi cause diseases in plants , animals as well as animals.

Explanation:

Some diseases caused by fungus in plants, animals and humans are as listed here.

Disease in Plant and Causative agent
1) Wilt of Tomato, cotton, banana -Fusarium oxysporus
2) red rot of sugarcane. - Collectotrichum falcatum
3) maize smut. - Ustilago maydis
4) black rust of wheat. - Puccinia graminis tritici
5) downy mildew of cereals. - Sclerospora graminicola

Disease of Animal. and Causative agent
1) Pencillin sps - Penicillin sps
2) aspergillosis - Aspergillus sps
3) athlete foot. - Tinea rubrum
4) ring worm - Trichophyton
5)mucomycosis - Mucor, Rhizopus

Diseases of human. and Causative agent
1) Aspergillosis. - Aspergillus niger
2) ring worm. - Trichophyton , Microsporum
3) Candidiasis. - Candida albicans
4) otomycosis. - Aspergillus fumigans
5) geotrichosis. - Geotrichum candidum