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Penicillium crustosum

Penicillium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
Genus: Penicillium
Species: P. crustosum
Binomial name
Penicillium crustosum

Penicillium crustosum is a species of Penicillium, within the phylum Ascomycota.

  • This is the most complex penicillus.
  • The end of each conidiophore has clusters of 2 or more branches (rami), each supporting a cluster of conideogenous cells called phialides.
  • Can tolerate low temperatures (psychrophile); as well as low H2O (axenic).

References

  • C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell et al., Introductory Mycology, 4th ed. (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004) ISBN 0-471-52229-5
 
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