Cleistothecial Ascomycota

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Cleistothecial Ascomycota Eurotiales -
Eurotiomycetes Onygenales - Eurotiomycetes Erysi
phales - Leotiomycetes
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Eurotiales

• Eupenicillium javanicum
• anamorph Penicillium
• monoverticillate
• sclerotoid cleistothecia
• resemble cleistothecia but
• do not produce asci
• cleistothecia

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Eurotiales
Talaromyces flavus anamorph Penicillium biverti
cillate cleistothecia gymnothecium yellow,
loosely organized hyphae
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Eurotiales
Emericella nidulans anamorph Aspergillus
nidulans biseriate cleistothecia surrounded by
hulle cells
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Eurotiales
Eurotium anamorph Aspergillus uniseriate cleis
tothecia w/o hulle cells
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Eurotiales
Elaphomyces- deer truffle ectomycorrhizal cleis
tothecium?
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Onygenales

• teleomorph often stromatic
• cleistothecia produced on clava

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Onygenales

• anamorphs are common pathogens of skin, hair,
  nails
• ring worm, athletes foot, sun spots, toe nail
  fungus

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Erysiphales

• powdery mildews
• ornamented cleistothecia
• clavate asci
• conidia in characteristic chains

Phyllactinia