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Table 1 Representative list of various types of NPs with different sizes and applications synthesized
by fungal species
NPs
Synthesized by
Size (nm)
Applications
Reference
Au
Aspergillus niger
4.88–22.27
Antimicrobial,
antioxidant,
anticoagulant and
thrombolytic
activities
Elegbede et al.
(2020)
Trichoderma
longibrachiatum
102.93–123.99
Flammulina
velutipes
74
De-colorization of
methylene blue
Rabeea et al.
(2020)
Aspergillus sp.
14
Uniform
rod-shaped Au-NPs
Qu et al. (2020)
Fusarium solani
40–45
Anticancer
activities
Clarance et al.
(2020)
Trichoderma sp.
–
Azo dye
de-colorization
Qu et al. (2017)
Saccharomyces
cerevisiae
18–15
Controllable
mycosynthesis
Yang et al. (2016)
Magnusiomyces
ingens
20–28
Environmental
pollution
Qu et al. (2018b)
Trichoderma sp.
1–24
Catalytic activity
on aromatic
pollutants
degradation
Qu et al. (2018a)
Cladosporium
cladosporioides
60
Antibacterial and
antioxidant activity
Joshi et al. (2017)
Trichoderma
harzianum
32–44
Dye degradation,
antibacterial
activity
Tripathi et al.
(2018)
Pleurotus ostreatus 10–30
Antimicrobial,
anticancer
El Domany et al.
(2018)
Aspergillus sp.
2.5–6.7
Reduction of
nitrophenol
compounds
Shen et al. (2017)
Rhizopus oryzae
16–43
Hemocompatible
activity
Kitching et al.
(2016)
Penicillium
aurantiogriseum
153.3
Mycosynthesis NPs Honary et al.
(2013)
Penicillium
citrinum
172
Penicillium
waksmanii
160.1
Ag
Penicillium
chrysogenum
5.2–9.7
Biomedical
application
Abd El Aty et al.
(2020)
Ganoderma
lucidum
12–22
Biochemical
applications
Aygün et al.
(2020)
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