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. 2020 Jan 7;11(3):184–194. doi: 10.1080/21501203.2019.1710303

Table 2.

Species of fungi other than Fusarium spp. infecting sea turtles.

Fungal species Turtle species
Sporotrichium sp. Chelonia mydas
Cochliobolus sp. Chelonia mydas
Cladosporium sp. Caretta caretta, Chelonia mydas, Lepidochelys olivacea, Dermatochelys coriacea
Cladosporium cladosporoides Caretta caretta, Eretmochelys imbricata, Chelonia mydas
Alternaria sp. Chelonia mydas
Alternaria arborescens Caretta caretta
Ampelomyces sp. Caretta caretta
Phoma sp. Chelonia mydas
Ochroconis sp. Chelonia mydas
Eurotium amstelodami Chelonia mydas
Eurotium rubrum Chelonia mydas
Aspergillus sp. Caretta caretta, Chelonia mydas, Lepidochelys olivacea, Dermatochelys coriacea
Aspergillus flavus Eretmochelys imbricata, Chelonia mydas
Aspergillus fumigatus Chelonia mydas
Aspergillus nidulans Chelonia mydas
Aspergillus niger Eretmochelys imbricata, Chelonia mydas
Aspergillus terreus Eretmochelys imbricata, Chelonia mydas
Aspergillus ochraceus Chelonia mydas
Emericella sp. Caretta caretta, Chelonia mydas
Emericella nidulans Chelonia mydas
Paecilomyces sp. Caretta caretta, Chelonia mydas, Eretmochelys imbricata, Lepidochelys olivacea
Paecilomyces fumosa-roseus Chelonia mydas
Penicillium sp. Caretta caretta, Chelonia mydas, Eretmochelys imbricata, Lepidochelys olivacea, Dermatochelys coriacea
Chrysosporium sp. Caretta caretta
Gymnascella sp. Chelonia mydas
Allescheria sp. Lepidochelys olivacea, Dermatochelys coriacea
Oospora sp. Chelonia mydas
Absidia sp. Caretta caretta
Actinomucor sp. Chelonia mydas
Mucor sp. Caretta caretta, Lepidochelys olivacea, Dermatochelys coriacea
Rhizopus sp. Chelonia mydas
Rhizopus stolonifer Chelonia mydas
Apophysomycetes sp. Chelonia mydas
Saksenaea sp. Lepidochelys olivacea, Dermatochelys coriacea
Candida albicans Caretta caretta
Colletotrichum acutatum Lepidochelys kempi
Beauveria bassiana Caretta caretta
Acremonium sp. Lepidochelys olivacea, Dermatochelys coriacea
Trichoderma viride Chelonia mydas
Cylindrocarpon sp. Caretta caretta
Purpureocillium lilacinum Caretta caretta, Chelonia mydas
Pseudallescheria sp. Chelonia mydas
Pseudallescheria boydii Caretta caretta, Chelonia mydas, Eretmochelys imbricata, Natator depressus
Scedosporium sp. Chelonia mydas
Thielavia sp. Caretta caretta
Nigrospora grisea Eretmochelys imbricata
Pleosporales sp. Chelonia mydas
Veronaea botryosa Chelonia mydas