Fonsecaea

Translingual

Fonsecaea pedrosoi

Etymology

Feminine singular of New Latin Fonsecaeus, named after Brazilian Beatriz Bastos Fonseca +‎ -eus (adjectival suffix).

Proper noun

Fonsecaea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Herpotrichiellaceae – imperfect fungi often associated with chromoblastomycosis.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Dikarya – subkingdom; Ascomycota – phylum; Pezizomycotina – subphylum; Eurotiomycetes – class; Chaetothyriomycetidae – subclass; Chaetothyriales – order ; Herpotrichiellaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Fonsecaea pedrosoi - type species

References

• Fonsecaea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Fonsecaea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Fonsecaea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Fonsecaea at Index Fungorum
• Fonsecaea at MycoBank
• “Fonsecaea”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.