Piedraia hortae

Piedraia hortae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Capnodiales
Genus:	Piedraia
Species:	P. hortae
Binomial name
	Piedraia hortae; (Brumpt) Fonseca & Leão (1928)
Synonyms
	Trichosporon hortae Brumpt (1913); Trichosporon guayo Delamare & Gatti (1928); Piedraia javanica Boedijn & Verbunt (1938); Piedraia malayi Green & Mankikar (1950); Piedraia sarmentoi M.J.Pereira (1929); Trichosporon sarmentoi (Pereira) Nann. (1934); Piedraia surinamensis C.W.Dodge (1935); Piedraia venezuelensis Brumpt & Langeron (1934)

Piedraia hortae is a species fungus in the family Piedraiaceae. It is the cause of black piedra.^[2]

References

^ "Piedraia hortae (Brumpt) Fonseca & Leão 1928". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
^ Schwartz RA. (2004). "Superficial fungal infections". Lancet. 364 (9440): 1173–82. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17107-9. PMID 15451228.

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