Penicillium
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Penicillium roqueforti in blue Stilton cheese
See also: penicillium and pénicillium
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin pēnicillum (“painter's brush”) + -ium (taxonomic suffix), referring to the chains of conidia that resemble a broom.
Proper noun
Penicillium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Aspergillaceae – many economically important soil fungi and molds, widespread in cool and temperate climates.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Dikarya – subkingdom; Ascomycota – phylum; Pezizomycotina – subphylum; Eurotiomycetes – class; Eurotiomycetidae – subclass; Eurotiales – order; Aspergillaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Penecillium subg. Aspergilloides, Penecillium subg. Biverticillium, Penecillium subg. Furcatum, Penecillium subg. Penicillium; - subgenera
- Penicillium expansum (apple rot fungus) - type species; Penecillium chrysogenum (source of penicillin) - selected species
- See
Penicillium on WikispeciesWikispecies for the numerous other species.
- See
- Penicillium expansum (apple rot fungus) - type species; Penecillium chrysogenum (source of penicillin) - selected species
References
Penicillium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Penicillium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Penicillium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
