This species of fungus is widely found on terrestrial, aquatic and miscellaneous substrates around the world, and can be isolated from many different sources: found in grounded chili pepper powder (Capsicum frutescens) from Spain; on the maggots of Drosophila pilimanae in Hawaii; obtained from rotten Eucryphia cordifolia in Chile; isolated from Smut fungi-infected leaves from southern France; found on humans, heat sterilized beers and in air from Japan and Italy. This species of fungus have been isolated from the sea and river water of Taiwan.