Phialemonium

Phialemonium is a genus of fungi in the family Cephalothecaceae of the Ascomycota. The genus was circumscribed by Walter Gams and Michael McGinnis in 1983. The genus is intermediate between Acremonium and Phialophora.^[1] It is classified as a dematiaceous (dark-walled) fungus. ^[2]

Phialemonium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Cephalothecales
Family:	Cephalothecaceae
Genus:	Phialemonium W.Gams & McGinnis (1983)
Type species
Phialemonium obovatum W.Gams & McGinnis (1983)
Species
P. atrogriseum P. curvatum P. dimorphosporum P. globosum P. inflatum P. obovatum

Studies

A study from Oxford Academy considered Phialemonium species to have been isolated from air, soil, industrial water, and sewage and although these species rarely cause human disease, infection is often fatal.^[3]