penicillium

Any of various characteristically bluish-green fungi of the genus Penicillium that grow as molds on decaying fruits and ripening cheese and are used in the production of antibiotics such as penicillin and in making cheese.

A genus of saprophytic fungi of the class Ascomycetes, the well-known blue-molds, that are abundant on decaying bread and numerous other decaying substances.

[l. c] In zoology, same as pencil, 7.

Any of the blue-green fungi, of the genus Penicillium, that are an important source of antibiotics.

genus of fungi commonly growing as green or blue molds on decaying food; used in making cheese and as a source of penicillin