Table 1.
Naming Information for Genera Reported in the Human Oral Cavity. Protected/preferred names, synonyms and references are presented for an expanded list of fungal genera (this review, Dupuy et al.5). Sexual (T) and asexual (A) forms are designated. Only genus level information is presented, however it should be noted that not all species within a genus have synonyms in only one other genus and thus ultimate decisions on preferred names should be taken at the species-level. Lack of entry in the synonyms column does not imply that there are no synonyms but rather that there may be many possible synonyms. Readers are directed to the literature citations, MycoBank or Index Fungorum for extensive listings of alternate names and reassignments of species to new or different genera. Absence of entry in the basis for decision column means that information from MycoBank and/or Index Fungorum was used to infer legitimacy and currency of names.
| PROTECTED OR PREFERRED NAME | SYNONYMS | REFERENCE |
|---|---|---|
| Agaricus | ||
| Alternaria | Lewia, Allewia, Crivellia | Zhang et al.73, Rossman et al.74 |
| Aspergillus | Eurotium, Emericella | Controversial: Pitt and Taylor75; Samson et al.76 |
| Aureobasidium | ||
| Bipolaris | Cochliobolus (T) | Rossman et al.74 |
| Bullera | Bulleromyces, hannae clades | Liu et al.78 |
| Candida | Lodderomyces, several genera | Daniel et al.67 |
| Cladosporium | Davidiella (T) | Rossman et al.74 |
| Coprinus | Coprinopsis, Coprinellus | |
| Cryptococcus | Neoformans/gatti complex, Filobasidiella(T) | Liu et al.78 |
| Curvularia (A) | Pseudococclioblous | Rossman et al.74 |
| Cyberlindnera | Pichia, Candida, others | Daniel et al.67 |
| Cystofilobasidium (T) | Some Cryptococcus species | Liu et al.78 |
| Cytospora (A) | Valsa (T), Valsella, Valseutypella, Leucostoma | Rossman et al.77 |
| Debaryomyces | Daniel et al.67 | |
| Didymella | Genus Peyronellaea, Phoma | Chen et al.79 |
| Dioszegia | Dioszegia clade (includes some Cryptococcus) | Liu et al.78 |
| Epicoccum | Several Phoma | Chen et al.79 |
| Erythrobasidium | Sporobolomyces | Wang et al.80 |
| Exophiala | ||
| Filobasidium (T) | Filobasidium clade (includes some Cryptococcus) | Liu et al.78 |
| Fusarium | Gibberella | Rossman et al.81 |
| Glomus | ||
| Hanseniaspora (T) | Kloeckera (A) | Daniel et al.67 |
| Irpex | Synonyms in several genera | |
| Kluyveromyces | Kurtzman82 | |
| Lenzites | Trametes, others | |
| Leptosphaerulina | Chen et al.79 | |
| Malassezia | Wu et al.55 | |
| Mrakia | Mrakia clade (includes some Mrakiella) | Liu et al.78 |
| Naganishia | Cryptococcus albus clade | Liu et al.78 |
| Penicillium | Eupenicillium | Redhead et al.83, Zhang et al.73 |
| Phaeosphaeria | Phaeoseptoria | Rossman et al.73 |
| Phoma | Atradidymella, others | Chen et al.79 |
| Pichia | Daniel et al.67 | |
| Pisolithus | Synonyms in several genera | |
| Pyrenochaetopsis | Chen et al.79 | |
| Ramularia (T) | Mycosphaerella (A) | Quaedvlieg et al.66, Rossman et al.73 |
| Rhizocarpon | Synonyms in several genera | |
| Rhizopus | Hoffman et al.84 | |
| Rhodosporidiobolus | Rhodosporidium/Sporidiobolus Rhodotorula(A)/Rhodosporidium (T) Sporobolomyces(A)/Sporidiobolus(T) | Wang et al.80 |
| Rhodotorula | Rhodosporidium (T) in Rhodosporidium clade | Wang et al.80 |
| Saccharomyces | Kurtzman82, Daniel et al.67 | |
| Sarcinomyces | ||
| Scedosporium | Lackner and de Hoog85 | |
| Sporobolomyces (A) | Sporidiobolus (T) in Sporobolomyces clade | Wang et al.80 |
| Talaromyces (T) | Penicillium (A) | Redhead et al.83, Yilmaz et al.86 |
| Taphrina (T) | Lalaria (A) | Daniel et al.67 |
| Tausonia | Guehomyces, Trichosporon | Liu et al.78 |
| Teratosphaeria | Kirramyces, Colletogloeopsis | Quaedvlieg et al.66 Rossman et al.74 |
| Torulaspora | Kurtzman82 | |
| Trametes | Carlson et al.87 | |
| Trichoderma (A) | Hypocrea (T) | Rossman et al.87 |
| Trichosporon | ||
| Wallemia | Bargellinia |