Penicillium expansum

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Penicillium expansum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Subclass: Eurotiomycetidae
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
Genus: Penicillium
Species: P. expansum
Binomial name
Penicillium expansum
Link, (1809)
Synonyms

Penicillium crustaceum Link, (1809)
Penicillium glaucum Stoll, (1809)

Penicillium expansum is a plant pathogen. It is a blue-colored mold responsible for the postharvest decay of stored apples.[1] This mold also produces the carcinogenic metabolite patulin.[2]

[edit] External links

Index Fungorum
USDA ARS Fungal Database
Fruit Disease Focus by Wojciech Janisiewicz

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