Scientific name Paecilomyces | Higher classification Trichocomaceae | |
Lower classifications Paecilomyces fumosoroseus, Paecilomyces variotii, Paecilomyces hepiali | ||
Paecilomyces tenuipes fungi kingdom
Paecilomyces is a genus of fungi.
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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.
In 1974, R.A. Samson transferred the nematicidal species Paecilomyces lilacinus to this genus. However, publications in the 2000s (decade) indicated that the genus Paecilomyces was not monophyletic, 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.
Paecilomyces major fungi kingdom
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