title: Dematiaceous--a mycologic misnomer?
abstract: The term dematiaceous has been used to describe dark fungi. However, the historic and etymologic derivation suggest that the concept of dark coloration attached to the root demat... is epistemologically incorrect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pappagianis
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ajello
mesh_terms: D003116:Color; D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification*; D007802:Language; D009626:Terminology as Topic