Melanized fungi, which are dark-colored organisms due to the presence of melanin in their cell wall,can be saprotrophic or pathogenic to humans, vertebrates, or plants. Diseases caused by melanized fungi are known as eumycetoma, chromoblastomycosis, and phaeohyphomycosis. These fungi usually belong to the genera Exophiala, Cladosporium, and Rhinocladiella. The treatment is usually clinical or surgical, and the drugs itraconazole and ketoconazole are frequently used to treat these infections.