Onygenales

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iEurotiales
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Onygenales
Families

Onygenaceae
Arthrodermataceae

The Onygenales are an order of Ascomycetes, within the eurotiomycetes Ascomycetes.

Onygenales is important as an emerging human pathogen because of the rising rates of immunosupression due to live-organ transplant, HIV/AIDS, and autoimmune disorders such as Lupus erythematosus.

[edit] References

  • C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell, Introductory Mycology, 4th ed. (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004) ISBN: 0-471-52229-5
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