Fig 3. Phenotypic and molecular events in the taxonomy of Paracoccidioides species.

Phenotypic and molecular features used to justify the different binomials given to the etiologic agents of Lutz’s and Jorge Lôbo’s diseases involving cultivable and uncultivable Paracoccidioides species. The left chart depicts the synonyms utilized across the years for both diseases, giving the names and type culture used to justify their names (for P. lobogeorgii usually contaminant fungi), as well as the years when the binomials were first introduced. The current accepted taxon for the etiologic agents of both diseases is shown within green rectangles, whereas invalid names appeared within red rectangles as per Vilela and colleagues [26].