Penicillium expansum

Taxobox
name = "Penicillium expansum"
regnum = Fungi
phylum = Ascomycota
classis = Eurotiomycetes
subclassis = Eurotiomycetidae
ordo = Eurotiales
familia = Trichocomaceae
genus = "Penicillium"
species = "P. expansum"
binomial = "Penicillium expansum"
binomial_authority = 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. [http://www.caf.wvu.edu/Kearneysville/disease_month/bluemold0199.html] This mold also produces the carcinogenic metabolite patulin. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17209811?ordinalpos=9&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum]

External links

[http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp Index Fungorum]
[http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases USDA ARS Fungal Database]
[http://www.caf.wvu.edu/Kearneysville/disease_month/bluemold0199.html Fruit Disease Focus] by Wojciech Janisiewicz

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