Central and South America are regions with a high prevalence of significant fungal diseases such as paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), coccidioidomycosis, sporotrichosis, histoplasmosis, cryptococcosis, and others (Laniado-Laborın et al., 2019 ́ ; Lockhart and Guarner, 2019; Araúz and Papineni, 2021; Hahn et al., 2022; Zhao et al., 2023). These diseases impose a substantial burden on local healthcare systems and have a significant impact on the quality of life for affected populations. Furthermore, the region’s diverse ecological and climatic conditions can influence the distribution, virulence, and epidemiology of pathogenic fungi, emphasizing the necessity for region-specific studies. Understanding the interaction between these environmental factors and fungal pathogens is crucial for developing improved strategies for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of fungal diseases in Central and South America (Almeida et al., 2019; Lockhart and Guarner, 2019; Rodrigues and Nosanchuk, 2020).