Eurotium
Genus of fungi
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Eurotium is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Aspergillaceae.[2]
| Eurotium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Eurotiales |
| Family: | Aspergillaceae |
| Genus: | Eurotium Link (1809) |
| Type species | |
| Eurotium herbariorum | |
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[update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts four species of Eurotium:[2]
- Eurotium acutum Blaser (1976)
- Eurotium carnoyi Malloch & Cain (1972)
- Re-assigned to Aspergillus neocarnoyi Kozak (1989) in Houbracken et al. (2020)[6]
- Eurotium lateritium Mont. (1849)
- Eurotium microsporum Massee & E.S.Salmon (1901)
