Eurotiomycetes
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The Eurotiomycetes is a class
of ascomycetes within the subphylum Pezizomycotina
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Some members of the Eurotiomycetes were previously grouped in the class Plectomycetes.
Class (biology)
In biological classification, class is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, order, family, genus, and species, with class fitting between phylum and order...
of ascomycetes within the subphylum Pezizomycotina
Pezizomycotina
Pezizomycotina contains the filamentous ascomycetes and is a subphylum of the Ascomycota . It is more or less synonymous with the older taxon Euascomycota...
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Some members of the Eurotiomycetes were previously grouped in the class Plectomycetes.
Nomenclature
The scientific classification for this particular class is particularly tricky, with one particular species having both the anamorph, and teleomorph names used in reference to them.- e.g. Anamorph Form= PenicilliumPenicilliumPenicillium is a genus of ascomycetous fungi of major importance in the natural environment as well as food and drug production. Members of the genus produce penicillin, a molecule that is used as an antibiotic, which kills or stops the growth of certain kinds of bacteria inside the body...
; Teleomorph Form= Talaromyces Eupenicillium