| Hortaea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Subdivision: | Pezizomycotina |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Subclass: | Dothideomycetidae |
| Order: | Dothideales |
| Family: | Dothioraceae |
| Genus: | Hortaea |
| Species: | werneckii |
Hortaea werneckii is a Hortaea species.[1]
It causes Tinea nigra.[2] This skin infection causes non-scaly, smooth, brown-black painless spots on the palms of hands and soles of feet. Young cells appear brown because of melanin production in the cell wall.