Penicillium discolor

Penicillium discolor is a species of the genus of Penicillium which occurs in nuts, vegetables and cheese and produces chaetoglobosins (chaetoglobosin A - J), palitantin, cyclopenin, cyclopenol, cyclopeptin, dehydrocyclopeptin, viridicatin and viridicatol.^{[1][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Penicillium discolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Eurotiales
Family:	Aspergillaceae
Genus:	Penicillium
Species:	P. discolor
Binomial name
Penicillium discolor Frisvad, J.C.; Samson 1997[1]
Type strain
CBS 474.84 , FRR 2933, IBT 14440, IBT 21523, IBT 5738, IMI 285513[2]
Synonyms
Penicillium echinulatum var. discolor[1]

See also

• List of Penicillium species