7-Aminoazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine of the formula where R1 is unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, halogen, alkoxy, cyano, or cycloalkyl, or is aryl, aryloxy, arylthio, arylalkyl, arylalkoxy or arylalkylthio, each of which may be substituted, or is indane, tetrahydronaphthalene or benzene, each of which may be substituted and is fused to the phenyl ring, R2 and R3 are each hydrogen, alkyl or aryl, n is 1 or 2, A is nitrogen or a CR4 group, where R4 has the meanings of R2 and may furthermore be halogen, cyano or alkoxycarbonyl, or together with R3 is alkylene which may have up to 2 double bonds, and fungicides containing these compounds.