Paecilomyces hepiali was not validly published because the nomenclature was based on living culture and the type specimen (dried culture) was not designated. For validation of the name, dried culture 82-2 is here designated as the holotype. The holotype has been deposited in the Herbarium of Institute of Chinese Materia Medica (HICMM). Morphological redescription based on the living culture (ex-holotype) is given in the present paper.