Fonsecaea

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Fonsecaea pedrosoi.jpg

| image_caption = Conidiophores of Fonsecaea pedrosoi

| taxon = Fonsecaea

| type_species = Fonsecaea pedrosoi

| type_species_authority = (Brumpt) Negroni (1936)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = F. brasiliensis

}}

Fonsecaea is a genus of fungi in the family Herpotrichiellaceae. The type species, Fonsecaea pedrosoi, is associated with the disease chromoblastomycosis.

References

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{{cite journal |vauthors=de Andrade TS, Cury AE, de Castro LG, Hirata MH, Hirata RD |title=Rapid identification of Fonsecaea by duplex polymerase chain reaction in isolates from patients with chromoblastomycosis |journal=Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease |volume=57 |issue=3 |pages=267–272 |year=2007 |pmid=17338941 |doi=10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.08.024}}

{{cite journal |vauthors=Najafzadeh MJ, Vicente VA, Meis JF, de Hoog GS |title=Fonsecaea multimorphosa sp. nov, a new opportunistic species of Chaetothyriales isolated from a feline cerebral abscess |journal=Fungal Biology |year=2010 |volume=115 |issue=10 |pages=1066–1076 |doi=10.1016/j.funbio.2011.06.007 |pmid=21944218}}

{{cite journal |vauthors=Najafzadeh MJ, Sun J, Vicente V, Xi L, van den Ende AH, de Hoog GS |title=Fonsecaea nubica sp. nov, a new agent of human chromoblastomycosis revealed using molecular data |journal=Medical Mycology |year=2010 |volume=48 |issue=6 |pages=800–806 |doi=10.3109/13693780903503081|pmid=20302550 |doi-access= }}

{{cite journal |vauthors=Vicente VA, Orélis-Ribeiro R, Najafzadeh MJ, Sun J, Guerra RS, Miesch S, Ostrensky A, Meis JF, Klaassen CH, de Hoog GS, Boeger WA |title=Black yeast-like fungi associated with Lethargic Crab Disease (LCD) in the mangrove-land crab, Ucides cordatus (Ocypodidae) |journal=Veterinary Microbiology |year=2012 |volume=158 |issue=1–2 |pages=109–122 |doi=10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.01.031 |pmid=22440399}}

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Category:Chaetothyriales

Category:Eurotiomycetes