ABSTRACT
The genus Acremonium is classi–ed within the mitosporic Hypocreales group, order Hypocreales, class Sordariomycetes, subphylum Pezizomycotina, phylum Ascomycota, and kingdom Fungi. The mitosporic Hypocreales group encompasses 24 genera: Acremonium, Acrostalagmus, Cephalosporium, Chaetopsina, Cylindrocladiella, Escovopsis, Fusarium, Gliocladiopsis, Gliocladium, Hobsonia, Illosporium, Myrothecium, Parasarcopodium, Polycephalomyces, Rotiferophthora, Sesquicillium, Solheimia, Stachybotrys, Stilbella, Trichothecium, Tubercularia, Ustilaginoidea, Verticillium, and Xenocylindrocladium [1].
