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Penicillium corylophilum

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Genus
  
Penicillium

Order
  
Eurotiales

Family
  
Trichocomaceae

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Penicillium, Penicillium brevicompactum, Penicillium aurantiogriseum, Penicillium griseofulvum, Penicillium purpurogenum

Penicillium corylophilum is a species of the genus of Penicillium which occurs in damp buildings in United States, Canada and western Europe but it can also be found in a variety of foods and mosquitoes. Penicillium corylophilum produces the alkaloid epoxyagroclavine and citrinin and is a pathogen to mosquitoes.

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Penicillium corylophilum Wikipedia