Fonsecaea

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; F. monophora; F. multimorphosa; F. nubica; F. pedrosoi

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

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