National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Fonsecaea
Synonyms

FONSECAEA

Fonsecaea

Definitions

A genus of soil fungi in the family Herpotrichiellaceae characterized by indistinct melanised conidiophores with blunt, scattered denticles bearing conidia singly or in short chains that eventually become branched. Both species in this genus can cause chromoblastomycosis following skin damage.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C122311

ALT_DEFINITION

Any fungal organism that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Fonsecaea genus level.

code

C122311

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C85491

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

A genus of soil fungi in the family Herpotrichiellaceae characterized by indistinct melanised conidiophores with blunt, scattered denticles bearing conidia singly or in short chains that eventually become branched. Both species in this genus can cause chromoblastomycosis following skin damage.

FULL_SYN

FONSECAEA

Fonsecaea

label

Fonsecaea

NCBI_Taxon_ID

40354

Preferred_Name

Fonsecaea

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C122311

Semantic_Type

Fungus

UMLS_CUI

C0320095

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77167

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