Dematiaceae

Dematiaceae
A family of soil-inhabiting, brown or black melanin-producing fungi found in decaying vegetables, rotting wood, and forest carpets, and including several of the dark-colored genera that cause chromoblastomycosis in humans, such as Exophiala, Phialophora, Fonsecaea, and Cladosporium.

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De·mat·i·a·ceae (de-mat″ĭ-aґse-e) [Gr. demation little cord] in some systems of classification, a form-family of Fungi Imperfecti of the form-order Moniliales, producing simple conidiophores, and having dark brown or black conidia, spores, or hyphae. Genera of medical importance include Acremoniella, Alternaria, Arthrographis, Aureobasidium, Bipolaris, Cladosporium, Curvularia, Dematium, Drechslera, Exophiala, Exserohilum, Fonsecaea, Madurella, and Phialophora.

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