Scytalidium
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Scytalidium is a genus
of fungi in the Helotiales
order. The relationship of this taxon
to other taxa within the order
is unknown (incertae sedis
), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family
. This genus of anamorphic fungi has a widespread distribution and contains 18 species. Scytalidium dimidiatum causes onychomycosis
in tea leaf pluckers.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of fungi in the Helotiales
Helotiales
Helotiales is an order of the class Leotiomycetes within the division Ascomycota. According to a 2008 estimate, the order contains 10 families, 501 genera, and 3881 species.Helotiales is the largest order of inoperculate discomycetes...
order. The relationship of this taxon
Taxon
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to other taxa within the order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
is unknown (incertae sedis
Incertae sedis
, is a term used to define a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Uncertainty at specific taxonomic levels is attributed by , , and similar terms.-Examples:*The fossil plant Paradinandra suecica could not be assigned to any...
), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
. This genus of anamorphic fungi has a widespread distribution and contains 18 species. Scytalidium dimidiatum causes onychomycosis
Onychomycosis
Onychomycosis means fungal infection of the nail. It is the most common disease of the nails and constitutes about a half of all nail abnormalities....
in tea leaf pluckers.