Onygenales

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Eurotiales
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 immunosuppression 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, 4^th ed. (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004) ISBN 0-471-52229-5