Paecilomyces
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Paecilomyces is a genus of fungi. A number of species in this genus are plant pathogens.
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Paecilomyces | |
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Scanning electron micrograph of Paecilomyces variotii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Eurotiales |
Family: | Thermoascaceae |
Genus: | Paecilomyces Bainier (1907) |
Type species | |
Paecilomyces variotii Bainier (1907) | |
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Several of the entomopathogenic species, such as "Paecilomyces fumosoroseus" have now been placed in the genus Isaria, in the order Hypocreales and family Cordycipitaceae.[2]
In 1974, R.A. Samson transferred the nematicidal species Paecilomyces lilacinus to this genus.[3] However, publications in the 2000s (decade) indicated that the genus Paecilomyces was not monophyletic,[4] and the new genus Purpureocillium was created to hold the taxon which includes P. lilacinum: with both parts of the name referring to the purple conidia produced by the fungus.[5]