ABSTRACT
The genus Botryosphaeria consists of a large number of cosmopolitan, plant-infecting fungi that are commonly associated with dieback and cankers of woody hosts in tropical and subtropical regions. Of these, Botryosphaeria rhodina and its anamorph Lasiodiplodia theobromae are occasionally involved in human phaeohyphomycosis, producing clinical diseases of varying severity (e.g., subcutaneous abscess, keratitis, pneumonia, and death).
