Phaeohyphomycosis and Hyalohyphomycosis

Phaeohyphomycosis and hyalohyphomycosis are artificial categories created to avoid the proliferation of new disease names each time a filamentous septate fungus is implicated in human disease. Phaeohyphomycosis ( phaeo , black in Greek; hypho , hyphae) comprises mycotic diseases caused by moulds that form septate hyphae with darkly pigmented cell walls in tissue or culture. Hyalohyphomycosis comprises mycotic diseases caused by moulds whose basic tissue/culture form is in septate hyphae with colorless walls and distinctive hyphal shapes. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.