Ophiocordycipitaceae
Purpureocillium Luangsa-ard, Hywel-Jones, Houbraken & Samson , legitimate, scientific
Luangsa-ard, J.J., Houbraken, J., Doorn, T. van, et al. (23 June 2011), Purpureocillium, a new genus for the medically important Paecilomyces lilacinus. FEMS Microbiology Letters 321: 144 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Type: Penicillium lilacinum Thom."
  • Text: identifier: MB 519529
  • Etymology: "The generic name refers to the purple colored conidia produced by its type species, Purpureocillium lilacinum."
Spatafora, J.W., Quandt, C.A., Kepler, R.M. et al. (4 November 2015), New 1F1N species combinations in Ophiocordycipitaceae (Hypocreales). IMA Fungus 6(2): 361 [secondary reference]