ABSTRACT
The hyphomycete genus Phaeoacremonium, the anamorph of Togninia, includes ecologically, plant pathologically, and human medically important species.1 The majority of these fungi have been isolated from infected woody host plants, especially from grapevines (Vitis vinifera L.) as causative agents of Petri and Esca diseases,2 and also from larvae of bark beetles.3 The incidence of human infections caused by Phaeoacremonium spp. has increased during recent years especially among imunocompromised patients.2 These data indicate that the diseases caused by different Phaeoacremonium species could be more frequent in the future.
