Taxonomic Classification of Fungal Pathogens of Vertebrates

Chytridiomycetes

Frog pathogen
Zygomycetes
Mucor
Saksenaea
Conidiobolus
Basidiobolus
Ascomycetes
Onygenales
Trichophyton rubrum
Microsporum sp.
Ajellomyces dermititidis  -- North American   Blastomycosis (Chicago disease)
Ajellomyces capsulatus --Histoplasmosis (St Louis Disease)
Coccidiomyces immitis --Valley Fever
Sporothrix--rose grower’s disease
Candidia albicans, a common yeast --candidiasis
Aspergillus fumigatus --Aspergillosis
Aspergillus endocarditis and Candida endocarditis --Endocarditis
Penicillium marneffei --Asian bamboo rat disease
Basidiomycetes
Cryptococcus neoformans neoformans
Cryptococcus neoformans gattii
Schizophyllum commune
Oomycetes
Pythium
Lagenidium

Many more fungi infect human beings with depressed immune systems
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22 January 2008