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. 2018 Dec 16;4(4):138. doi: 10.3390/jof4040138

Table 1.

Examples of recently described and medically relevant fungi.

Species Family Order Sites & Infections in Humans Reference
Apophysomyces mexicanus Saksenaeaceae Mucorales Necrotizing fasciitis [31]
Aspergillus citrinoterreus Aspergillaceae Eurotiales Pulmonary infection [32]
Aspergillus suttoniae Aspergillaceae Eurotiales Human sputum [33]
Aspergillus tanneri Aspergillaceae Eurotiales Lung, gastric abscess [34]
Candida auris Incertae sedis Saccharomycetales Various sites, candidemia [35]
Curvularia americana Pleosporaceae Pleosporales Nasal sinus, bone marrow [36]
Curvularia chlamydospora Pleosporaceae Pleosporales Nasal sinus, nail [36]
Emergomyces canadensis Ajellomycetaceae Onygenales Pneumonia, fungemia [37,38]
Exophiala polymorpha Herpotrichiellaceae Chaetothyriales Subcutaneous & cutaneous infections [39]
Paracoccidioides lutzi Ajellomycetaceae Onygenales Various [40]
Rasamsonia aegroticola Aspergillaceae Eurotiales Pulmonary infections [41,42]
Spiromastigoides albida Spiromastigaceae Onygenales Lung biopsy [43]