A genus of fungi of which at least two species, P. verrucosa and P. dermatitidis (Exophiala dermatitides), cause chromoblastomycosis. [G. phiale, a broad, flat vessel, + phoreo, to carry]
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Phi·a·loph·o·ra .fī-ə-'läf-(ə-)rə n a form genus (family Dematiaceae) of imperfect fungi of which some forms are important in human mycotic infections (as chromoblastomycosis)
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Phi·a·loph·o·ra (fi″ə-lofґə-rə) a genus of Fungi Imperfecti of the form-class Hyphomycetes, form-family Dematiaceae. P. jeanselґmei and P. spiniґfera have been reclassified in genus Exophiala. P. verrucoґsa causes chromoblastomycosis.Medical dictionary. 2011.