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. 2012 Sep;50(9):2987–2994. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01470-12

Table 1.

Agents of mycetoma in mammals and their phylogenetic positionsa

Name Order Grain
Acremonium kiliense Hypocreales White
Acremonium potronii Hypocreales White
Acremonium recifei Hypocreales White
Cylindrocarpon cyanescens Hypocreales White
Cylindrocarpon destructans Hypocreales White
Fusarium falciforme Hypocreales White
Fusarium verticillioides Hypocreales White
Fusarium solani Hypocreales White
Phialemonium obovatum Hypocreales White
Aspergillus flavus Eurotiales White
Aspergillus hollandicus Eurotiales White
Aspergillus nidulans Eurotiales White
Bipolaris spicifera Pleosporales Black
Corynespora cassiicola Pleosporales Black
Curvularia geniculata Pleosporales Black
Curvularia lunata Pleosporales Black
Leptosphaeria senegalensis Pleosporales Black
Leptosphaeria thompkinsii Pleosporales Black
Madurella grisea Pleosporales Black
Pseudochaetosphaeronema larense Pleosporales Black
Pyrenochaeta mackinnonii Pleosporales Black
Pyrenochaeta romeroi Pleosporales Black
Neotestudina rosatii Pleosporales White/black
Madurella mycetomatis Sordariales Black
Madurella pseudomycetomatis Sordariales Black
Madurella fahalii Sordariales Black
Madurella tropicana Sordariales Black
Phaeoacremonium parasiticum Diaporthales White
Phaeoacremonium krajdenii Diaporthales White
Exophiala jeanselmei Chaetothyriales Black
Pseudallescheria boydii Microascales White
Trichophyton sp. Onygenales White
Microsporum canis Onygenales White
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Adapted from de Hoog et al. (10).