Exophiala J.W. Carmich., Sabouraudia 5: 122 (1966)

MycoBank number: MB 8233; Index Fungorum number: IF 8233; Facesoffungi number: FoF 10374; 51 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2021), 17 species with molecular data.

Pathogenic, saprobic, endophytic and fungicolous on a variety of hosts. Vegetative hyphae branched, unswollen, forming protruding fascicles. Hyphae hyaline to pale brown, irregularly septate, smooth-walled, thin-walled, sometimes pigmented. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Mostly hyphomycetous. Conidiophores absent or present, erect, multicellular, brown, septate, oblong to cylindrical. Conidiogenous cells sympodial, lateral, intercalary or terminal, mono- or polyphialidic, ovoid to clavate, subhyaline to pale brown, septate. Conidia ellipsoidal, cylindrical, allantoid, hyaline to brown, aseptate or 1-septate, with a conspicuous conidial scar, smooth-walled, with small oil drops. Chlamydospores absent.

Type species: Exophiala salmonis J.W. Carmich., Sabouraudia 5: 122 (1966)