Penicillium crustosum

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Kingdom Fungi Class Eurotiomycetes Family Trichocomaceae Scientific name Penicillium crustosum		Division Ascomycota Order Eurotiales Genus Penicillium Rank Species
Similar Penicillium brevicompactum, Penicillium aurantiogriseum, Penicillium griseofulvum, Penicillium expansum, Penicillium purpurogenum

Penicillium crustosum fungi kingdom

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

This is the most complex penicillium.

The end of each conidiophore has clusters of 2 or more branches (rami), each supporting a cluster of conideogenous cells called phialides.

It can tolerate low temperatures (psychrophile); as well as low H₂O (axenic).

It produces a neurotoxin called penitrem A.

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