ABSTRACT
Figure 8 Phylogenetic tree showing relationships between 16 taxa based on comparison of 18S rDNA gene sequences. The tree was rooted with the basidiomycetous fungus Cryptococcus neoformans (Cn) as the outgroup. The bracket includes taxa accommodated within the Onygenaceae. (From Ref. 52.)
and/or Candida albicans) did not affect the alignment of taxa within the Onygenaceae shown in Figure 8. The maximum parsimony tree, therefore, strongly supports a close relationship between C. immitis and U. reesii, and argues that these taxa represent a monophyletic pair within the Onygenaceae. Despite this close evolutionary relationship, U. reesii is not an animal pathogen [68].
