{{Short description|Genus of fungi}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Uncinocarpus reesii microscopic.jpg | image_caption = ''Uncinocarpus reesii'' strain UAMH 160 in phase contrast microscopy showing hooked ascomatal appendage and Malbranchea anamorph | taxon = Uncinocarpus | authority = Sigler, G.F.Orr & Carm. (1976) | type_species = ''Uncinocarpus reesii'' | type_species_authority = Sigler & G.F.Orr (1976) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''U. orissi''<br/> ''U. queenslandicus''<br/> ''U. reesii''<br/> ''U. uncinatus'' }}

'''''Uncinocarpus''''' is a genus of fungi within the Onygenaceae family.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM |date=December 2007 |title=Outline of Ascomycota &ndash; 2007 |journal=Myconet |volume=13 |pages=1–58 |url=http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp |publisher=The Field Museum, Department of Botany |location=Chicago, USA}}</ref> The name is derived from the Latin word ''uncinus'', meaning "hook" and the Greek word ''karpos'' (καρπός), meaning "fruit". It was distinguished from the genus ''Gymnoascus'' based on keratinolytic capacity, ascospore morphology and the development of hooked, occasionally spiraling appendages.<ref name = Sigler1976/><ref name = Currah1985/> Alternatively, ''Uncinocarpus'' species may possess helically coiled or smooth, wavy appendages, or lack appendages altogether, an example of such species being ''U. orissi''.<ref name = Sigler1998/>

Being a close non-pathogenic relative of the pathogenic dimorphic fungi Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii, which cause Coccidioidomycosis, it is used in genomic research to help develop human vaccination,<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://www.jcvi.org/cms/publications/listing/abstract/article/comparative-genomic-analyses-of-the-human-fungal-pathogens-coccidioides-and-their-relatives/ | title=Comparative Genomic Analyses of the Human Fungal Pathogens Coccidioides and Their Relatives | author=Sharpton, T. J. | author2=Stajich, J. E. | author3=Rounsley, S. D. | journal=Genome Research | date=October 2009 | volume=19 | issue=10 | pages=1722–31 | doi=10.1101/gr.087551.108 | pmid=19717792 | pmc=2765278 | display-authors=etal | archive-date=2014-11-03 | access-date=2013-07-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103184804/http://www.jcvi.org/cms/publications/listing/abstract/article/comparative-genomic-analyses-of-the-human-fungal-pathogens-coccidioides-and-their-relatives/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> which might alleviate the Valley fever ''silent epidemic''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/pdf/cocci-fact-sheet-sw-us-508c.pdf | title=Fungal pneumonia: a silent epidemic - Coccidioidomycosis (valley fever) | publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | access-date=11 July 2013}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist | 30em | refs =

<ref name = Currah1985>{{cite journal |last1= Currah|first1= R.S.|date= 1985|title= Taxonomy of the Onygenales: Arthrodermataceae, Gymnoascaceae, Myxotrichaceae and Onygenaceae|url= http://www.mykoweb.com/systematics/journals/Mycotaxon/Mycotaxon%20v024.pdf|journal= Mycotaxon|volume= 24|pages= 1–216}}</ref>

<ref name = Sigler1976>{{cite journal |last1= Sigler|first1= Lynne|last2= Carmichael | first2= J.W.|date= 1976|title= Taxonomy of ''Malbranchea'' and some other hyphomycetes with arthroconidia|url=http://www.mykoweb.com/systematics/journals/Mycotaxon/Mycotaxon%v004n2.pdf|journal= Mycotaxon|volume= 4|issue= 2|pages= 349–488}}</ref>

<ref name=Sigler1998>{{cite journal|last1= Sigler|first1= Lynne|last2= Flis|first2=Arlene L.|last3=Carmichael|first3=J.W.|date= 1998|title= The genus ''Uncinocarpus'' (Onygenaceae) and its synonym ''Brunneospora'': new concepts, combinations and connections to anamorphs in ''Chrysosporium'', and further evidence of relationship with ''Coccidioides immitis''|journal= Mycotaxon|volume= 76|issue= 9|pages= 1624–1636|doi= 10.1139/b98-110|bibcode= 1998CaJB...76.1624S}}</ref>

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Category:Onygenales Category:Eurotiomycetes genera Category:Taxa described in 1976

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