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Article: Don't confuse sphagnum moss with peat moss.(cutaneous sporotrichosis)
- Article from:
- Journal of the Bromeliad Society
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
- Author:
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You may have read about a fungal disease called Cutaneous sporotrichosis, a chronic infection identified by skin lesions. The fungus which causes this disease has been found in several kinds of organic material and, because in extremely rare cases this disease can cause death, gardeners are rightfully concerned about protecting themselves from contracting it. Unfortunately, however, some of the information circulating about how gardeners can contract this disease has been inaccurate. It confuses two separate products; one of which is known to carry the fungus and one of which does not.
One of the materials known to carry the sporotrichosis fungus is sphagnum ...