''Scedosporium'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately fr ...
in the family
Microascaceae.
The genus shed the alternative name ''
Pseudallescheria'' as the "
One Fungus, One Name" principle overtook the previous dual naming system, which had a distinct names for the
anamorph
In mycology, the terms teleomorph, anamorph, and holomorph apply to portions of the life cycles of fungi in the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota:
*Teleomorph: the sexual reproductive stage (morph), typically a fruiting body.
*Anamorph: an a ...
and
teleomorph.
Species and species complexes
The following are based on Ramirez-Garcia ''et al.'', 2018
* ''
Scedosporium apiospermum
''Pseudallescheria boydii'' is a species of fungus classified in the Ascomycota. It is associated with some forms of eumycetoma/ maduromycosis and is the causative agent of pseudallescheriasis. Typically found in stagnant and polluted water, it ...
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Species complex
In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each oth ...
** ''
Scedosporium angustum''
** ''
Scedosporium apiospermum
''Pseudallescheria boydii'' is a species of fungus classified in the Ascomycota. It is associated with some forms of eumycetoma/ maduromycosis and is the causative agent of pseudallescheriasis. Typically found in stagnant and polluted water, it ...
''
** ''
Scedosporium boydii'' Species complex
** ''
Scedosporium ellipsoideum''
** ''
Scedosporium fusarium''
* ''
Scedosporium prolificans
''Lomentospora prolificans'' is an emerging opportunistic fungal pathogen that causes a wide variety of infections in immunologically normal and immunosuppressed people and animals. It is resistant to most antifungal drugs and infections are ofte ...
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* ''
Scedosporium aurantiacum''
* ''
Scedosporium minutisporum''
* ''
Scedosporium desertorum''
* ''
Scedosporium cereisporum''
* ''
Scedosporium dehoogii'' Species complex
See also
*
Scedosporiosis
Scedosporiosis is the general name for any mycosis - i.e., fungal infection - caused by a fungus from the genus Scedosporium. Current population-based studies suggest ''Scedosporium prolificans'' (also known and recently more commonly referred to ...
* ''
Pseudallescheria''
References
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Microascales
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