Fonsecaea

Fonsecaea
Conidiophores of Fonsecaea pedrosoi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Chaetothyriales
Family:	Herpotrichiellaceae
Genus:	Fonsecaea
Type species
Fonsecaea pedrosoi (Brumpt) Negroni (1936)
Species
F. brasiliensis[1] F. compacta F. monophora F. multimorphosa[2] F. nubica[3] F. pedrosoi

Fonsecaea is a genus of fungi in the family Herpotrichiellaceae. The type species, Fonsecaea pedrosoi, is associated with the disease chromoblastomycosis.^[4]