A genus of fungi including a number of species, such as M. grisea and M. mycetomi, that cause mycetoma. [Madura, India]
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a genus of widely distributed fungi. The species M. grisea and M. mycetomi cause the tropical infection Madura foot.
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Mad·u·rel·la (mad″u-relґə) a genus of Fungi Imperfecti of the form-class Hyphomycetes, form-family Dematiaceae. M. griґsea and M. mycetoґmatis (called also M. mycetoґmi) are etiologic agents of eumycotic mycetoma.Medical dictionary. 2011.