''Paecilomyces'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of fungi. A number of species in this genus are
plant pathogen
Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomy ...
s.
Several of the
entomopathogenic species, such as "''
Paecilomyces fumosoroseus
''Isaria fumosorosea'' is an entomopathogenic fungus, formerly known as ''Paecilomyces fumosoroseus''. It shows promise as a biological pesticide with an extensive host range.
Life cycle
When a conidium or blastospore of ''Isaria fumosorosea ...
''" have now been placed in the genus ''
Isaria'': in the order
Hypocreales
The Hypocreales are an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes. In 2008, it was estimated that it contained some 237 genera, and 2647 species in seven families. Since then, a considerable number of further taxa have been identified, in ...
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
In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic gr ...
,
and the new genus ''
Purpureocillium
''Purpureocillium'' is a fungal genus in the Ophiocordycipitaceae family. The genus now contains at least 5 species with the type species ''Purpureocillium lilacinum'', a common saprobic, filamentous fungus. It has been isolated from a wide rang ...
'' was created to hold the taxon which includes ''P. lilacinum'': with both parts of the name referring to the purple
conidia
A conidium ( ; ), sometimes termed an asexual chlamydospore or chlamydoconidium (), is an asexual, non- motile spore of a fungus. The word ''conidium'' comes from the Ancient Greek word for dust, ('). They are also called mitospores due to t ...
produced by the fungus.
Species
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Paecilomyces aegyptiacus''
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Paecilomyces aerugineus''
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Paecilomyces albus''
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Paecilomyces andoi''
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Paecilomyces antarcticus''
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Paecilomyces aspergilloides
''Paecilomyces'' is a genus of fungi. A number of species in this genus are plant pathogens.
Several of the entomopathogenic species, such as "'' Paecilomyces fumosoroseus''" have now been placed in the genus ''Isaria'': in the order Hypocreale ...
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Paecilomyces atrovirens''
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Paecilomyces aureocinnamomeus''
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Paecilomyces austriacus''
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Paecilomyces baarnensis
''Paecilomyces'' is a genus of fungi. A number of species in this genus are plant pathogens.
Several of the entomopathogenic species, such as "'' Paecilomyces fumosoroseus''" have now been placed in the genus ''Isaria'': in the order Hypocreale ...
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Paecilomyces borysthenicus
''Paecilomyces'' is a genus of fungi. A number of species in this genus are plant pathogens.
Several of the entomopathogenic species, such as "'' Paecilomyces fumosoroseus''" have now been placed in the genus ''Isaria'': in the order Hypocreale ...
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Paecilomyces breviramosus
''Paecilomyces'' is a genus of fungi. A number of species in this genus are plant pathogens.
Several of the entomopathogenic species, such as "'' Paecilomyces fumosoroseus''" have now been placed in the genus ''Isaria'': in the order Hypocreale ...
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Paecilomyces brunneolus
''Paecilomyces'' is a genus of fungi. A number of species in this genus are plant pathogens.
Several of the entomopathogenic species, such as "'' Paecilomyces fumosoroseus''" have now been placed in the genus ''Isaria'': in the order Hypocreale ...
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Paecilomyces burci
''Paecilomyces'' is a genus of fungi. A number of species in this genus are plant pathogens.
Several of the entomopathogenic species, such as "'' Paecilomyces fumosoroseus''" have now been placed in the genus '' Isaria'': in the order Hypocreal ...
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Paecilomyces byssochlamydoides
''Paecilomyces'' is a genus of fungi. A number of species in this genus are plant pathogens.
Several of the entomopathogenic species, such as "'' Paecilomyces fumosoroseus''" have now been placed in the genus ''Isaria'': in the order Hypocreale ...
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Paecilomyces canadensis
''Paecilomyces'' is a genus of fungi. A number of species in this genus are plant pathogens.
Several of the entomopathogenic species, such as "'' Paecilomyces fumosoroseus''" have now been placed in the genus ''Isaria'': in the order Hypocreale ...
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Paecilomyces carneus
''Paecilomyces'' is a genus of fungi. A number of species in this genus are plant pathogens.
Several of the entomopathogenic species, such as "'' Paecilomyces fumosoroseus''" have now been placed in the genus ''Isaria'': in the order Hypocreale ...
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Paecilomyces cinnabarinus
''Paecilomyces'' is a genus of fungi. A number of species in this genus are plant pathogens.
Several of the entomopathogenic species, such as "'' Paecilomyces fumosoroseus''" have now been placed in the genus ''Isaria'': in the order Hypocreale ...
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Paecilomyces cinnamomeus
''Paecilomyces'' is a genus of fungi. A number of species in this genus are plant pathogens.
Several of the entomopathogenic species, such as "'' Paecilomyces fumosoroseus''" have now been placed in the genus ''Isaria'': in the order Hypocreale ...
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Paecilomyces clavisporus
''Paecilomyces'' is a genus of fungi. A number of species in this genus are plant pathogens.
Several of the entomopathogenic species, such as "'' Paecilomyces fumosoroseus''" have now been placed in the genus ''Isaria'': in the order Hypocreale ...
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Paecilomyces cossus''
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Paecilomyces cremeoroseus''
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Paecilomyces cylindricosporus''
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Paecilomyces dactylethromorphus''
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Paecilomyces erectus''
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Paecilomyces eriophytis''
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Paecilomyces fimetarius''
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Paecilomyces formosa''
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Paecilomyces fulvus''
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Paecilomyces fuscatus''
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Paecilomyces griseoviridis''
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Paecilomyces guaensis''
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Paecilomyces gunnii''
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Paecilomyces hawkesii''
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Paecilomyces heliothis''
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Paecilomyces hepiali''
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Paecilomyces hibernicus''
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Paecilomyces huaxiensis''
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Paecilomyces indicus''
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Paecilomyces isarioides''
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Paecilomyces laeensis''
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Paecilomyces lecythidis''
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Paecilomyces longipes''
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Paecilomyces loushanensis''
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Paecilomyces major''
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Paecilomyces mandshuricus''
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Paecilomyces marquandii''
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Paecilomyces maximus''
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Paecilomyces musicola''
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Paecilomyces niphetodes''
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Paecilomyces niveus''
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Paecilomyces odonatae''
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Paecilomyces paranaensis''
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Paecilomyces parvisporus''
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Paecilomyces pascuus''
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Paecilomyces penicillatus''
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Paecilomyces persimplex''
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Paecilomyces puntonii''
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Paecilomyces purpureus''
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Paecilomyces ramosus''
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Paecilomyces rariramus''
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Paecilomyces reniformis''
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Paecilomyces saturatus''
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Paecilomyces simplex''
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Paecilomyces sinensis''
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Paecilomyces smilanensis''
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Paecilomyces spectabilis''
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Paecilomyces stipitatus''
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Paecilomyces subflavus''
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Paecilomyces subglobosus''
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Paecilomyces suffultus''
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Paecilomyces taitungiacus''
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Paecilomyces tenuipes''
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Paecilomyces tenuis''
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Paecilomyces terricola''
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Paecilomyces variotii''
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Paecilomyces verrucosus''
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Paecilomyces verticillatus''
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Paecilomyces victoriae''
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Paecilomyces vinaceus''
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Paecilomyces viridulus''
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Paecilomyces wawuensis''
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Paecilomyces xylariiformis''
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Paecilomyces zollerniae''
See also
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Cordyceps
''Cordyceps'' is a genus of ascomycete fungi (sac fungi) that includes about 600 species. Most ''Cordyceps'' species are endoparasitoids, parasitic mainly on insects and other arthropods (they are thus entomopathogenic fungi); a few are para ...
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Entomopathogenic fungus
An entomopathogenic fungus is a fungus that can kill or seriously disable insects.
Typical life cycle
These fungi usually attach to the external body surface of insects in the form of microscopic spores (usually asexual, mitosporic spores also ...
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Tarsonemidae
References
External links
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Carnivorous fungi
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Eurotiomycetes genera
Taxa described in 1974
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