Monascus sanguineus is a fungal species found during a survey done on water and sediment of river Shatt Al Arab at Basrah city, southern Iraq. The reasearch Done by Basil A Abbas under supervision of S K abdullah in 1995
Exserohilum curvisporum Sivan., Abdullah & B.A. Abbas, Mycol. Res. 97(12): 1486 (1993)
Typification Details:Holotype IMI 356632
Host-Substratum/Locality: On surface sediment of river: Iraq
Citations in published lists and Bibliographies:Index of Fungi 6: 430 BSM
Position in classification: Pleosporaceae , Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi