Fungus
fonsecaea
Subclass of:
Ascomycota (fungus)
Definitions related to fonsecaea:
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A genus of fungi in the family Herpotrichiellaceae, order Chaetothyriales, and phylum ASCOMYCOTA. Fonsecaea fungi are ascomycetes sometimes associated with CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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A genus of soil fungi in the family Herpotrichiellaceae characterized by indistinct melanised conidiophores with blunt, scattered denticles bearing conidia singly or in short chains that eventually become branched. Both species in this genus can cause chromoblastomycosis following skin damage.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any fungal organism that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Fonsecaea genus level.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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