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.]
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Type:
"Type: Penicillium lilacinum Thom."
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Text:
identifier: MB 519529
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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]