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Thielavia
Sign in to saveThielavia is a genus of fungi in the family Chaetomiaceae. Circumscribed by German botanist Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf in 1876, Thielavia is a teleomorph of Myceliophthora. Collectively, the genus is widely distributed, and according to a 2008 estimate, contained 31 species. Thielavia heterothallica and T. terrestris can cause infections in humans.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassSordariomycetes
- OrderMicroascales
- FamilyCeratocystidaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 41
- With media
- 15
- Family
- Chaetomiaceae
- Collections
- NY, BPI, IAP, UPS, CUP
- Recorded in
- United States, Brasil, Egypt, Poland, Ethiopia, Pakistan
Wikidata facts
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- taxon name
- Thielavia
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Thielavia basicola
- taxon author citation
- Zopf
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Thielavia is a genus of fungi in the family Chaetomiaceae. Circumscribed by German botanist Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf in 1876, Thielavia is a teleomorph of Myceliophthora. Collectively, the genus is widely distributed, and according to a 2008 estimate, contained 31 species. Thielavia heterothallica and T. terrestris can cause infections in humans.
The genus name of Thielavia is in honour of Friedrich Joachim Sigismund von Thielau (1796–1870), who was a German forester and landowner in Breslau.
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