Phialophora
Sign in to savePhialophora is a form genus of fungus with short conidiophores, sometimes reduced to phialides; their conidia are unicellular. They may be parasites (including on humans), or saprophytic (including on apples).
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassEurotiomycetes
- OrderChaetothyriales
- FamilyHerpotrichiellaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 15
- Family
- Herpotrichiellaceae
- Collections
- ILLS, MEL, BPI, UFPE, CEPLAC, UPS
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia, India, Brasil, Sweden, Somalia, Sri Lanka
Research
565 papers- Phialophora americana infection in a patient with a compound heterozygous CARD9 mutation.BMC infectious diseases · 2025
- Chromoblastomycosis.Postepy dermatologii i alergologii · 2014
- Pseudopithomyces Maydicus and Phialophora Chinensis Rare Fungal Keratitis: Case Series, DNA Sequencing, Antifungal Susceptibility Patterns.Ocular immunology and inflammation · 2024
- Phialophora richardsiae infection in humans.Reviews of infectious diseases · 1988
- Chromoblastomycosis Caused by Phialophora-Proven Cases from Mexico.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Herpotrichiellaceae
- Image
- Phialophora verrucosa 002.jpg
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- taxon name
- Phialophora
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Phialophora verrucosa
- taxon author citation
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Phialophora is a form genus of fungus with short conidiophores, sometimes reduced to phialides; their conidia are unicellular. They may be parasites (including on humans), or saprophytic (including on apples).
Genetic analysis of Phialophora shows that it is a paraphyletic grouping.
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