Scopulariopsis

Scopulariopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Microascales
Family: Microascaceae
Genus: Scopulariopsis
Bainier (1907)
Type species
Scopulariopsis brevicaulis
(Sacc.) Bainier 1907

Scopulariopsis is a genus of anamorphic fungi that are saprobic and pathogenic to animals.[1] The widespread genus contains 22 species.[2]

References

  1. Issakainen J, Heikkilä H, Vainio E, Koukila-Kähkölä P, Castren M, Liimatainen O, Ojanen T, Koskela M, Meurman O. "Occurrence of Scopulariopsis and Scedosporium in nails and keratinous skin. A 5-year retrospective multi-center study". Medical Mycology : Official Publication of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology 45 (3): 201–29. doi:10.1080/13693780601103080. PMID 17464841.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 625. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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