Phialemonium
Genus of fungi
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Phialemonium is a genus of fungi in the family Cephalothecaceae of the Ascomycota. The genus was circumscribed by Walter Gams and Michael McGinnis in 1983. The genus is intermediate between Acremonium and Phialophora.[1] It is classified as a dematiaceous (dark-walled) fungus. [2]
| Phialemonium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Cephalothecales |
| Family: | Cephalothecaceae |
| Genus: | Phialemonium W.Gams & McGinnis (1983) |
| Type species | |
| Phialemonium obovatum W.Gams & McGinnis (1983) | |
| Species | |
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P. atrogriseum | |
Studies
A study from Oxford Academy considered Phialemonium species to have been isolated from air, soil, industrial water, and sewage and although these species rarely cause human disease, infection is often fatal.[3]