Eurotium

Eurotium is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Aspergillaceae.^[2]

Eurotium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Eurotiales
Family:	Aspergillaceae
Genus:	Eurotium Link (1809)
Type species
Eurotium herbariorum (Weber ex F.H.Wigg.) Link ex Nees[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Heinrich Friedrich Link in 1809.^[3]

Because of nomenclatural changes brought about by one fungus one name, most of the species formerly placed in Eurotium have been transferred to Aspergillus.^[4] It mainly contained teleomorphs of subgenus Aspergillus.^[5]

As of April 2025^[update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts four species of Eurotium:^[2]

• Eurotium acutum Blaser (1976)
• Eurotium carnoyi Malloch & Cain (1972)
  • Re-assigned to Aspergillus neocarnoyi Kozak (1989) in Houbracken et al. (2020)^[6]
• Eurotium lateritium Mont. (1849)
• Eurotium microsporum Massee & E.S.Salmon (1901)