ABSTRACT
The genus Chrysosporium (obsolete synonym: Glenosporella) belongs to the mitosporic Onygenales group, order Onygenales, class Eurotiomycetes, subphylum Pezizomycotina, phylum Ascomycota, and kingdom Fungi. The group consists of nine genera: Blastomyces, Chrysosporium, Coccidioides, Emmonsia, Geomyces, Locazia, Malbranchea, Myriodontium, and Paracoccidioides. In turn, the genus Chrysosporium consists of 28 recognized species: Chrysosporium articulatum, Chrysosporium carmichaelii, Chrysosporium chiropterorum, Chrysosporium europa, Chrysosporium evolceanui, Chrysosporium ¡liforme, Chrysosporium °uviale, Chrysosporium °uviale, Chrysosporium indicum, Chrysosporium keratinophilum, Chrysosporium lobatum, Chrysosporium lucknowense, Chrysosporium mephiticum, Chrysosporium merdarium, Chrysosporium minutisporosum, Chrysosporium ophiodiicola, Chrysosporium pannicola, Chrysosporium pilosum, Chrysosporium pseudomerdarium, Chrysosporium queenslandicum, Chrysosporium siglerae, Chrysosporium submersum, Chrysosporium sulfureum, Chrysosporium synchronum, Chrysosporium tropicum, Chrysosporium undulatum, Chrysosporium vallenarense, Chrysosporium xerophilum, and Chrysosporium zonatum, and 18 unassigned species
[1-3]. The teleomorphs of Chrysosporium spp. are found in the genera Aphanoascus, Nannizziopsis, and Uncinocarpus, family Onygenaceae, and order Onygenales [4,5].
