Phonetic: Skoh-lee-koh-bas-syd-ee-um

Scolecobasidium is a cosmopolitan mitosporic fungus commonly found as soil saprobes. Their natural habitat consists of soils, bark, and decaying leaves or other plant parts. There have been no cases of infection in humans, but some cases of phaeohyphomycosis have been reported in fish, primarily coho salmon and rainbow trout. The infection mainly affects the kidney and is weakly contagious. The species S. salinum is a widespread marine species and occurs on rotting marine algae. The spores have been isolated from sand and sea foam as well as from algae. Scolecobasidium is also morphologically similar to Ochroconis and Dactylaria. The colonies are slow growing; the texture is velvety to flocculent, and brown in color. Culture - Potato dextrose agar, 20° – 25°C, 7 – 10 days.