Mycological Consideration of the Phycomycoses

Abstract

The Phycomycoses are a different group of mycoses caused by fungi belonging to the Class, Phycomycetes. Recently the name has been criticized because Class Phycomycetes is no longer recognized in the formal taxonomic system. On the basis of this premise, Ajello recommended that the relic term “Phycomycosis” be replaced by zygomycosis. However, a name of the phycomycoses cannot exclude in present because zygomycoses cannot cover all infections caused by Oomycetous fungi. Some of the pathogenic species of Mucorales reported in the literature in Japan were reviewed and discussed with their taxonomic position in this symposium.