Fonsecaea

Fonsecaea is a genus of fungi in the family Herpotrichiellaceae. The type species, Fonsecaea pedrosoi, is associated with the disease chromoblastomycosis.[4]

Fonsecaea
Conidiophores of Fonsecaea pedrosoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Chaetothyriales
Family:	Herpotrichiellaceae
Genus:	Fonsecaea
Type species
Fonsecaea pedrosoi (Brumpt) Negroni (1936)
Species
F. brasiliensis[1] F. monophora F. multimorphosa[2] F. nubica[3] F. pedrosoi

References

1. Vicente VA, Orélis-Ribeiro R, Najafzadeh MJ, Sun J, Guerra RS, Miesch S, Ostrensky A, Meis JF, Klaassen CH, de Hoog GS, Boeger WA. (2012). "Black yeast-like fungi associated with Lethargic Crab Disease (LCD) in the mangrove-land crab, Ucides cordatus (Ocypodidae)". Veterinary Microbiology. 158 (1–2): 109–122. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.01.031. PMID 22440399.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
2. Najafzadeh MJ, Vicente VA, Meis JF, de Hoog GS. (2010). "Fonsecaea multimorphosa sp. nov, a new opportunistic species of Chaetothyriales isolated from a feline cerebral abscess". Fungal Biology. 115 (10): 1066–1076. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2011.06.007. PMID 21944218.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
3. Najafzadeh MJ, Sun J, Vicente V, Xi L, van den Ende AH, de Hoog GS. (2010). "Fonsecaea nubica sp. nov, a new agent of human chromoblastomycosis revealed using molecular data". Medical Mycology. 48 (6): 800–806. doi:10.3109/13693780903503081. PMID 20302550.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
4. de Andrade TS, Cury AE, de Castro LG, Hirata MH, Hirata RD. (2007). "Rapid identification of Fonsecaea by duplex polymerase chain reaction in isolates from patients with chromoblastomycosis". Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 57 (3): 267–272. doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.08.024. PMID 17338941.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)