TABLE 1.
Some examples of medically important fungi that have undergone recent multiple changes, with year of publication and reasons for rearrangement
| Original name in medicine | Transitional name(s) | Current name |
|---|---|---|
| Hendersonula toruloidea 1933 | Scytalidium hyalinum 1977 (supposed synonymy) | Neoscytalidium dimidiatum 2006 (phylogenetic rearrangement) |
| Scytalidium dimidiatum 1989 (earlier synonym Torula dimidiata 1887) | ||
| Nattrassia mangiferae 1989 (supposed identity of coelomycete anamorph) | ||
| Fusicoccum dimidiatum (2005) (phylogenetic rearrangement) | ||
| Neofusicoccum mangiferae 2006 (phylogenetic rearrangement) | ||
| Neoscytalidium hyalinum 2013 (phylogenetic rearrangement) | ||
| Trichosporon capitatum 1942 | Geotrichum capitatum 1977 (phylogenetic rearrangement) | Saprochaete capitata 2004 (phylogenetic rearrangement of anamorph) |
| Blastoschizomyces capitatus 1985 (synanamorph genus) | Magnusiomyces capitatus 2004 (phylogenetic rearrangement of teleomorph; priority of either genus name still to be established) | |
| Blastoschizomyces pseudotrichosporon 1982 (synonymy) | ||
| Dipodascus capitatum 1996 (description of teleomorph) | ||
| Candida utilis 1952 | Hansenula jadinii 1979 (conspecificity with Candida utilis, description of teleomorph) | Cyberlindnera jadinii 2009 (nomenclatural correction) |
| Pichia jadinii 1984 (phylogenetic rearrangement) | ||
| Lindnera jadinii 2008 (phylogenetic rearrangement) | ||
| Allescheria boydii 1922 | Pseudallescheria boydii (teleomorph) | Scedosporium boydii (consensus chosen by Scedosporium community, but Pseudallescheria teleomorph genus name has been prioritized by nomenclatural community) |
| Cephalosporium boydii 1922 | Scedosporium boydii (prevalent anamorph; name for third morph neglected) | |
| Dendrostilbella boydii 1922 (anatomic names for a trimorphic fungus) |