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Eurotium

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Eurotium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Eurotium
Link (1809)
Type species
Eurotium herbariorum
(Weber ex F.H.Wigg.) Link ex Nees[1]

Eurotium is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Aspergillaceae.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Heinrich Friedrich Link in 1809.[3]

Because of nomenclatural changes brought about by one fungus one name, most of the species formerly placed in Eurotium have been transferred to Aspergillus.[4] It mainly contained teleomorphs of subgenus Aspergillus.[5]

As of April 2025, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts four species of Eurotium:[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Index Fungorum: Eurrotium". Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Eurotium". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  3. ^ Hubka, Vit; Kolařík, Miroslav; Kubátová, Alena; Peterson, Stephen W. (2013). "Taxonomic revision of Eurotium and transfer of species to Aspergillus". Mycologia. 105 (4): 912–937. doi:10.3852/12-151.
  4. ^ Samson, RA; Visagie, CM; Houbraken, J; Hong, SB; Hubka, V; Klaassen, CHW; Perrone, G; Seifert, KA; Susca, A; Tanney, JB; Varga, J; Kocsubé, S; Szigeti, G; Yaguchi, T; Frisvad, JC (June 2014). "Phylogeny, identification and nomenclature of the genus Aspergillus". Studies in Mycology. 78: 141–173. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2014.07.004. PMC 4260807. PMID 25492982.
  5. ^ Houbraken J, Kocsubé S, Visagie CM, Yulmaz N, Wang XC, Meijer M, Kraak B, Hubka V, Bensch K, Samson RA, Frisvad JC (2020). "Classification of Aspergillus, Penicillium, Talaromyces and related genera (Eurotiales): An overview of families, genera, subgenera, sections, series and species". Studies in Mycology. 95: 5–169. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2020.05.002. PMC 7426331.