Fonsecaea monophora
Fonsecaea monophora (M.Moore & F.P.Almeida) de Hoog, V.A.Vicente & D.Attili
Edibility
Edibility unknown — do not eat
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Lookalikes
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About
Fonsecaea monophora is a species of ascomycete fungi in the family Herpotrichiellaceae and is a causative agent of chromoblastomycosis. It is recognized by the World Health Organization as a neglected tropical disease. F. monophora was described as a separate species from F. pedrosoi by de Hoog et al. in 2004. Fonsecaea spp. are often recovered from environmental sources, including plants such as the babassu coconut. Disease caused by this fungus is usually of traumatic origin.
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