The Onygenales are an order of fungi in the class Eurotiomycetes and division Ascomycota. The order's last common ancestor is estimated to have lived 150 million years ago. [1] Onygenales can consume and break down keratin, the main component of the outer layer of skin. [2] They are primarily found on animals, droppings, and areas frequented by ...

These fungi, which belong to several orders within the Ascomycota (Sordariales, Eurotiales, Onygenales), one of which is within the early diverging lineages (Mucorales), have been recovered from diverse soils in both hot and cold regions.

May 23, 2022 · Our study provides a revised overview of the main lines of taxonomy of Onygenales, supported by multilocus analyses of ITS, LSU, TUB, TEF1, TEF3, RPB1, RPB2, and ribosomal protein 60S L10 (L1) (RP60S) sequences, combined with available data on ecology, physiology, morphology, and genomics.

Order Onygenales Forms lichens; asci are formed in a mazaedium (a fruiting body consisting of a powdery mass of free spores interspersed with sterile threads, enclosed in a peridium or wall structure) and are evanescent; included in subclass Eurotiomycetidae; examples of genera include Onygena, Gymnoascus, Trichophyton,…

This exciting collection of invited articles provides a full flavor of ongoing changes in the knowledge about taxonomy, genetics, ecology, epidemiology, and clinical spectra of human and animal pathogens classified in the order Onygenales.

These are largely animal-associated fungi that are most easily found around the dens and droppings of vertebrate animals. Before you go rushing out to look for them you should be aware that some members of the Onygenales are capable of causing human diseases, ranging from simple skin infections to fatal invasions of internal organs.

Sep 20, 2022 · Significant ecological traits that determine evolution in Onygenales are osmophily, thermophily, cellulolysis, eutrophism, oligotrophism, keratinolysis, and thermal dimorphism. Morphological and physiological characteristics may be informative for habitat choice and evolutionary processes.

Onygenales Taxonomy ID: 33183 (for references in articles please use NCBI:txid33183) current name

Class Onygenales contains many of the fungi that characteristically cause disease in immune-competent individuals, and it is the only class of fungi containing organisms that infect, disseminate, and sometimes kill otherwise healthy persons, with one important qualification.

Jun 5, 2018 · The family Ajellomycetaceae (Onygenales) includes mammal-associated pathogens within the genera Blastomyces, Emmonsia, Histoplasma and Paracoccidioides, as well as the recently described genera, Emergomyces that causes disease in immunocompromised hosts, and Emmonsiellopsis, known only from soil.