ABSTRACT
The genus Lecythophora is a dematiaceous (dark-walled) fungus belonging to the mitosporic Coniochaetaceae group, family Coniochaetaceae, order Coniochaetales, class Sordariomycetes, subphylum Pezizomycotina, phylum Ascomycota, and kingdom Fungi. As the only member of the mitosporic Coniochaetaceae group, the genus Lecythophora currently consists of six recognized species, that is, Lecythophora decumbens, Lecythophora fasciculata, Lecythophora hoffmannii (teleomorph: Coniochaeta ligniaria; obsolete synonyms: Margarinomyces hoffmannii and Phialophora hoffmannii), Lecythophora lignicola, Lecythophora luteoviridis, and Lecythophora mutabilis (obsolete synonyms: Margarinomyces mutabilis and Phialophora mutabilis), in addition to 25 unassigned species [1]. Of these, Lecythophora hoffmannii and Lecythophora mutabilis have been associated with human phaeohyphomycosis.
