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Eurotiales
| Medical Definition: | An order of fungi in the phylum ASCOMYCOTA characterized by the presence of well defined peridia and cleistothecial asci. Notable anamorphs (mitosporic forms) of Eurotiales include PENICILLIUM and ASPERGILLUS. |
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Emericella - A genus in the family Trichocomaceae, order EUROTIALES. The anamorph is ASPERGILLUS. |
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Monascus - A genus in the family Monascaceae, order EUROTIALES. One species, Monascus purpureus, has multiple uses in traditional Chinese medicine (MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL CHINESE). |
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Talaromyces - A fungal genus in the family Trichocomaceae, order EUROTIALES, characterized by loose hyphal fruiting bodies containing spherical asci. Anamorphs include PENICILLIUM and PAECILOMYCES. |
Eurotiales Medical Definitions and Terms
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