mushroom workers' lung
MONDO:0005865Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names mushroom workers' lung yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
An extrinsic allergic alveolitis involving inflammation of the alveoli within the lung caused by hypersensitivity to the inhalation of organic dust particles derived from either the mushrooms, their spores or the compost in which the mushrooms are grown. It is usually caused by the spores of thermophilic actinomycetes.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005865), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
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Resolves to: mushroom workers' lung
- Also called
- mushroom workers lung