Piedraia

Short description: Genus of fungi

Piedraia

Scientific classification
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Fungi

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Ascomycota

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Pezizomycotina

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Dothideomycetes

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Dothideomycetidae

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Capnodiales

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Piedraiaceae

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Piedraia

Piedraia is a genus of fungus within the Piedraiaceae family in the Capnodiales order.[1]

There are 2 known species (according to Species Fungorum);[2]

* Piedraia hortae Fonseca & Leão (1928)
* Piedraia quintanilhae Uden, Barros-Mach. & Cast.-Branco (1963)

Former species;

* P. hortae var. paraguayensis Fonseca & Leão (2014) = Piedraia hortae
* P. javanica Boedijn & Verbunt (1938) = Piedraia hortae
* P. malayi R. Green & Mankikar (1950) = Piedraia hortae
* P. sarmentoi M.J. Pereira (1930) = Piedraia hortae
* P. surinamensis C.W. Dodge (1935) = Piedraia hortae
* P. venezuelensis Brumpt & Langeron (1934) = Piedraia hortae

Piedraia hortae is responsible for causing black piedra.[3]

## References

1. ↑ Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K. et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere 13 (1): 53–453 [160]. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358798332.
2. ↑ "Species Fungorum - Search Page". https://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp.
3. ↑ "DermAtlas: Dermatology Image black_piedra_1_041227 (black piedra - infections and infestations) [dermatlas"]. http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/display.cfm?ImageID=1868878727. Retrieved 2008-11-08.

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