Phialophora cyanescens sp. nov. with Phaeosclera-like synanamorph, causing white-grain mycetoma in man.
The human-pathogenic fungus, Phialophora cyanescens sp. nov. is characterized by the abundant production of chlamydospore-like cell aggregates resembling the form-genus Phaeosclera Sigler et al., and by elongate phialides with ellipsoidal conidia. A brown pigment and a blue, acid-labile pigment may be present.
D006801:Humans; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000166:cytology; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000209:etiology*; D010676:Phialophora / Q000166:cytology* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000472:pathogenicity