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style="background:#Template:Taxobox colour;"|Exophiala
style="background:#Template:Taxobox colour;" | Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Chaetothyriales
Genus: Exophiala
Type species
Exophiala salmonis
J.W. Carmich. (1966)

Exophiala is a genus of fungus in the family Herpotrichiellaceae.

Exophiala werneckii is the organism responsible for tinea nigra.

Some sources equate Hortaea werneckii, Cladosporium werneckii, Exophiala werneckii, and Phaeoannellomyces werneckii.[1]

Exophiala jeanselmei causes maduromycosis.[2]

References

  1. "Mycology Online -- Phaeoannellomyces".
  2. Exophiala at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

External links

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