Phialophora

Phialophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Subclass: Chaetothyriomycetidae
Order: Chaetothyriales
Family: Herpotrichiellaceae
Genus: Phialophora
Medlar (1915)[1]
Species
  • P. americana
  • P. avicenniae[2]
  • P. bubakii
  • P. europaea
  • P. parasitica
  • P. reptans
  • P. repens
  • P. verrucosa

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).[3][4]

Genetic analysis of Phialophora shows that it is a paraphyletic grouping.[5]

The conidia are produced from a flask shaped phialide. Mature, spherical, to oval conidia are extruded from phialides and usually accumulate around it.

References

  1. Medlar, E.M. (1915). "A New Fungus, Phialophora verrucosa, Pathogenic for Man". Mycologia. 7 (4): 200–203. doi:10.2307/3753363. JSTOR 3753363.
  2. Liu YL, Xi PG, He XL, Jiang ZD (2013). "Phialophora avicenniae sp. nov., a new endophytic fungus in Avicennia marina in China". Mycotaxon. 124: 31–7. doi:10.5248/124.31.
  3. McColloch, L.P. (1944). "A Study of the Apple Rot Fungus Phialophora malorum". Mycologia. 36 (6): 576–590. doi:10.2307/3754837. JSTOR 3754837.
  4. Barnett, H.L.; Hunter, B.B. (1972). Illustrated Genera of Imperfect Fungi. Burgess Publishing company, Minneapolis MN. ISBN 0-8087-0266-1.
  5. Abliz, P.; Fukushima, K.; Takizawa, K.; Nishimura, K. (2004). "Identification of pathogenic dematiaceous fungi and related taxa based on large subunit ribosomal DNA D1/D2 domain sequence analysis.". FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology. 40 (1): 41–49. doi:10.1016/S0928-8244(03)00275-X. PMID 14734185.


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