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. 2023 Nov 6;36(4):e00099-22. doi: 10.1128/cmr.00099-22

TABLE 1.

Revised taxonomy of the fungal Kingdom, indicating the positions of key medically relevant genera

Phylum Subphylum Order Genera
Ascomycota Taphrinomycotina Pneumocystidiales Pneumocystis
Saccharomycotina Saccharomycetales Candida
Clavispora
Cyberlindnera
Debaryomyces
Diutina
Hanseniaspora
Issatchenkia
Kazachstania
Kluyveromyces
Lodderomyces
Metschnikowia
Meyerozyma
Nakaseomyces
Pichia
Saccharomyces
Wickerhamiella
Yarrowia
Wickerhamomyces
Zygosaccharomyces
Pezizomycotina Capnodiales Cladosporium
Hortaea
Piedraia
Dothideales Aureobasidium
Pleosporales Alternaria
Curvularia
Emarellia
Exserohilum
Falciformispora
Medicopsis
Neotestudina
Nigrograna
Parathyridaria
Phoma
Trematosphaeria
Ulocladium
Chaetothyriales Cladophialophora
Exophiala
Fonsecaea
Phialophora
Ramichloridium
Rhinocladiella
Eurotiales Aspergillus
Monascus
Paecilomyces
Penicillium
Rasamsonia
Talaromyces
Thermoascus
Onygenales Aphanoascus
Arthroderma
Chrysosporium
Blastomyces
Coccidioides
Emergomyces
Emmonsia
Epidermophyton
Histoplasma
Lacazia
Lophophyton
Microsporum
Myceliophthora
Nannizzia
Nannizziopsis
Paracoccidioides
Paraphyton
Trichophyton
Hypocreales Acremonium
Fusarium
Nectria
Purpureocillium
Sarocladium
Microascales Lomentospora
Pseudallescheria
Scedosporium
Scopulariopsis
Sordariales Chaetomium
Madurella
Phialemonium
Calosphaeriales Pleurostoma
Patellariales Rhytidhysteron
Coniochaetiales Lecythophora
Ophiostomatales Sporothrix
Diaporthales Phaeoacremonium
Basidiomycota Pucciniomycotina Sporidiales Rhodotorula
Sporobolomyces
Ustilagiomycotina Malasseziales Malassezia
Agaricomycotina Cystofilobasidiales Cystobasidium
Filobasidiales Naganishia
Filobasidium
Tremellales Cryptococcus
Papiliotrema
Trichosporonales Trichosporon
Cutaneotrichosporon
Apiotrichum
Agaricales Bjerkandera
Coprinus
Hormographiella
Schizophyllum
Sporotrichum
Mucoromycota Mucormycotina Mucorales Apophysomyces
Cokeromyces
Cunninghamella
Lichtheimia
Mucor
Rhizomucor
Rhizopus
Saksenaea
Mortierellales Mortierella
Zoopagomycota Entomopthoromycotina Entomophthorales Conidiobolus
Basidiobolales Basidiobolus
Kickxellomycotina Kickxellales Kickxella