Thielavia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Subdivision: | Pezizomycotina |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Sordariales |
Family: | Chaetomiaceae |
Genus: |
Thielavia Zopf (1876) |
Type species | |
Thielavia basicola Zopf (1871) |
Thielavia is a genus of fungi in the family Chaetomiaceae. Circumscribed by German botanist Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf in 1876,Thielavia is a teleomorph of Myceliophthora. Collectively, the genus is widely distributed, and according to a 2008 estimate, contains 31 species.Thielavia heterothallica an T. terrestris can cause infections in humans.