Ribes name to the popular blackcurrant cordial Ribena. The genus also includes the group of ornamental plants collectively known as the flowering currants, for instance "R. sanguineum". There are restrictions on growing some "Ribes" species in some U.S. states, as they are the main alternate host for white pine blister rust. Blackfoot Indians used blackcurrant root "(Ribes hudsonianum)" for the treatment of kidney diseases and menstrual and menopausal problems. Cree Indians used the fruit of "Ribes glandulosum" as a fertility enhancer to assist women in becoming pregnant. Currants are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species. Ribes
Epicoccum nigrum (a of 0.99 to 0.97), growth is optimized at water vapour saturation. "Epicoccum nigrum" produces a variety of biomedically and industrially useful metabolites, including important antifungal agents and pigments, including: flavipin, epicorazines A and B, epirodin, epicocconone, and a variety of carotenoid pigments. "Epicoccum nigrum" has also been utilized in the biosynthetic manufacture of silver- and gold nanoparticles. A highly robust and ubiquitous fungus, "E. nigrum" has an almost global spread, occurring in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Spores of "E. nigrum" have been cultured from a variety of environments, predominantly soil (i.e. peat, forest floor, raw humus, compost, tundra,