Scedosporium

Scedosporium is a genus of fungi in the family Microascaceae.

Scedosporium
Photomicrograph of Scedosporium prolificans colony growing on Modified Leonian's agar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Microascales
Family:	Microascaceae
Genus:	Scedosporium

The genus shed the alternative name Pseudallescheria as the "One Fungus, One Name" principle overtook the previous dual naming system, which had a distinct name for the anamorph and teleomorph.^[1]

Species and species complexes

The following are based on Ramirez-Garcia et al., 2018^[1]

• Scedosporium apiospermum Species complex
  • Scedosporium angustum
  • Scedosporium apiospermum
  • Scedosporium boydii Species complex
  • Scedosporium ellipsoideum
  • Scedosporium fusarium
• Scedosporium prolificans
• Scedosporium aurantiacum
• Scedosporium minutisporum
• Scedosporium desertorum
• Scedosporium cereisporum
• Scedosporium dehoogii Species complex

See also

• Scedosporiosis
• Pseudallescheria