Eurotiales

(mycology) An order of fungi in the class Ascomycetes bearing ascospores in globose or broadly oval, delicate asci which lack a pore.

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Eurotiales
Aspergillus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Subdivision:	Pezizomycotina
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Eurotiales G.W.Martin ex Benny & Kimbr. (1980)
Families
Elaphomycetaceae Thermoascaceae Trichocomaceae Genera incertae sedis Kendrickiella Leiothecium Pisomyxa Samarospora Thermomyces Veronaia

The Eurotiales are an order of sac fungi, also known as the green and blue molds. The order contains 3 families, 49 genera, and 928 species.^[1] It was circumscribed in 1980.^[2]

References

1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 248. ISBN 9780851998268. 
2. ^ Benny GL, Kimbrough JW. (1980). "A synopsis of the orders and families of Plectomycetes with keys to genera". Mycotaxon 12 (1): 1–91. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59575/0012/001/0001.htm. 

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