Fungicidal new 2-methoximinocarboxylic esters of the general formula (I) ##STR1## in which Ar represents one of the radicals ##STR2## A represents one of the radicals --CH.sub.2 --; ##STR3## where Y represents one of the radicals ##STR4## --SO.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --; --O--; --CH.dbd.CH-- or --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --,n represents the number 0 or 1,R represents alkyl, halogenoalkyl, alkenyl, halogenoalkenyl, or represents optionally substituted cycloalkyl, or represents optionally substituted aryl or represents optionally substituted heteroaryl, and, moreover, in the event that n is 0, also represents halogen, andX.sup.1, X.sup.2, X.sup.3 and X.sup.4 independently of one another in each case represent hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl or methoxy, but where, in the event that X.sup.2 represents bromine, X.sup.3 does not simultaneously represent hydroxyl or methoxy.