Fonsecaea
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Feminine singular of New Latin Fonsecaeus, named after Brazilian Beatriz Bastos Fonseca + -eus (adjectival suffix).
Proper noun[edit]
Fonsecaea f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Herpotrichiellaceae – imperfect fungi often associated with chromoblastomycosis.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Fungi - kingdom; Dikarya - subkingdom; Ascomycota - phylum; Pezizomycotina - subphylum; Eurotiomycetes - class; Chaetothyriomycetidae - subclass; Chaetothyriales - order ; Herpotrichiellaceae - family
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Fonsecaea pedrosoi - type species
References[edit]
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.
