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

TABLE 3.

List of revised taxa of key human pathogenic filamentous fungi (molds)

Previous species name(s) Revised species name Order Reference
Absidia corymbifera Lichtheimia corymbifera Mucorales 129
Acremonium kiliense Sarocladium kiliense Hypocreales 130
Acremonium strictum Sarocladium strictum Hypocreales 130
Aspergillus amoenus Aspergillus versicolor Eurotiales 131
Aspergillus austroafricanus Aspergillus versicolor Eurotiales 131
Aspergillus cvetkovicii Aspergillus creber Eurotiales 131
Aspergillus fructus Aspergillus versicolor Eurotiales 131
Aspergillus griseoaurantiacus Aspergillus versicolor Eurotiales 131
Aspergillus hongkongensis Aspergillus versicolor Eurotiales 131
Aspergillus jensenii Aspergillus creber Eurotiales 131
Aspergillus pepii Aspergillus versicolor Eurotiales 131
Aspergillus protruberus Aspergillus versicolor Eurotiales 131
Aspergillus puulaaueensis Aspergillus creber Eurotiales 131
Aspergillus tabacinus Aspergillus versicolor Eurotiales 131
Aspergillus tennesseensis Aspergillus creber Eurotiales 131
Aspergillus venenatus Aspergillus creber Eurotiales 131
Bipolaris australiensis Curvularia australiensis Pleosporales 132
Bipolaris hawaiiensis Curvularia hawaiiensis Pleosporales 132
Bipolaris spicifera Curvularia spicifera Pleosporales 132
Emmonsia helica Blastomyces helicus Onygenales 133
Emmonsia parva Blastomyces parvus Onygenales 133
Emmonsia pasteuriana Emergomyces pasteurianus Onygenales 51
Geosmithia argillacea Rasamsonia argillacea Eurotiales 134
Lecythophora hoffmannii Coniochaeta hoffmannii Coniochaetales 135
Lecythophora mutabilis Coniochaeta mutabilis Coniochaetales 135
Leptosphaeria senegalensis Falciformispora senegalensis Pleosporales 136
Leptosphaeria tomkinsii Falciformispora tomkinsii Pleosporales 136
Madurella grisea Trematosphaeria grisea Pleosporales 136
Microsporum cookei Paraphyton cookei Onygenales 127
Microsporum fulvum Nannizzia fulva Onygenales 127
Microsporum gallinae Lophophyton gallinae Onygenales 127
Microsporum gypseum Nannizzia gypsea Onygenales 127
Microsporum nanum Nannizzia nana Onygenales 127
Microsporum persicolor Nannizzia persicolor Onygenales 127
Ochroconis gallopava Verruconis gallopava Venturiales 137
Paecilomyces lilacinus Purpureocillium lilacinum Hypocreales 53
Penicillium marneffei Talaromyces marneffei Eurotiales 138
Phialemonium curvatum Thyridium curvatum Sordariales 139
Phoma versabilis Sclerotiophoma versabilis Pleosporales 140
Pleurostomophora ochracea Pleurostoma ochraceum Calosphaeriales 141
Pleurostomophora richardsiae Pleurostoma richardsiae Calosphaeriales 141
Pleurostomophora repens Pleurostoma repens Calosphaeriales 141
Pseudallescheria boydii Scedosporium boydii Microascales 142
Pyrenochaeta mackinnonii Nigrograna mackinnonii Pleosporales 143
Pyrenochaeta romeroi Medicopsis romeroi Pleosporales 144
Sarcopodium oculorum Thyridium oculorum Sordariales 139
Scedosporium prolificans Lomentospora prolificans Microascales 142
Trichophyton benhamiae a Trichophyton africanum Onygenales 145
Trichophyton benhamiae b Trichophyton europaeum Onygenales 145
Trichophyton benhamiae c Trichophyton japonicum Onygenales 145
Trichophyton terrestre Arthroderma terrestre Onygenales 146
a

African race.

b

European race, predominates in guinea pigs.

c

East Asia strains, found in rabbits and guinea pigs.