Eurotiomycetes (antagonists)

Ascomycota antag. • fungal antagonists • antagonists • beneficials

Penicillium expansum conidiophore (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Gerald Holmes, Valent USA Corporation
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Eurotiomycetes (antagonists)

This class of ascomycete fungi is mainly defined by its DNA sequence. Penicillium and Aspergillus are familiar members of this group. There are 2 types of sexual fruiting bodies:

• perithecia, often covered with sharp spines, which have an opening from which the ascospores are released, or
• cleistothecia and related structures which are typically completely closed and the ascospores are released when these structures break open or are opened by animals.

Note:
This page only deals with antagonists to plant diseases. For other groups of Eurotiomycetes in the system see

• Eurotiomycetes (entomopathogens)
• Eurotiomycetes (plant pathogens)

The following orders of antagonistic Eurotiomycetes are included in the system:

• Eurotiales - 9 species