Abstract
In 1968, the Dutch mycologist de Vries isolated for the first time a fungus that affected the skin and lungs of a lizard (Ameiva sp.). This strain displayed both the sexual (teleomorph) and the asexual form (anamorph) of the species, which received the name Nannizziopsis vriesii (Apinis) Currah in honour of the discoverer. In recent scientific literature, there are numerous cases of mycoses in different species of reptiles in which the etiological agent is called CANV. This acronym is incorrectly used to abbreviate the species Chrysosporium anamorph of Nannizziopsis vriesii, now obsolete. This species is characterized for presenting exclusively an asexual form with mainly pyriform conidia that can be confused with the microconidia some species of Trichophyton have.
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