Redcurrant in Europe, Asia and North America, also with edible fruit. These include "Ribes spicatum" (northern Europe and northern Asia), "Ribes alpinum" (northern Europe), "R. schlechtendalii" (northeast Europe), "R. multiflorum" (southeast Europe), "R. petraeum" (southwest Europe) and "R. triste" (North America; Newfoundland to Alaska and southward in mountains). While "Ribes rubrum" and "R. nigrum" are native to northern and eastern Europe, large berried cultivars of the redcurrant were first produced in Belgium and northern France in the 17th century. In modern times, numerous cultivars have been selected; some of these have escaped gardens and can be found in the wild across
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,