In addition, these results confirm that moulds belonging to the genus Penicillium are the main fungal pathogen on ‘Ambrunés’sweet cherries during postharvest life, although this genus was known to be the most important fungal pathogen on cherries (Venturini et al., 2002). In addition, 2 isolates that were identified as Eurotium spp. were only present in the controlled atmosphere containing 8% O2 + 10% CO2.