Penicillium fagi sp. nov., isolated from beech leaves

✍ Scribed by A. T. Martinez; C. Ramirez

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 196 KB
• Volume: 63
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0301-486X
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00473161

✦ Synopsis

A description is presented of a new species of Penicillium, isolated from fallen beech (Fagus silvatica) leaves over an andosol in the Spanish province of Navarra. Its main characteristics suggest its location within the Penicillium roqueforti series of the Biverticillata-Asymmetrica-Velutina subsection and the name of Penicillium fagi is proposed.

The species is characterized by the deep blue colour of the reverse, the conspicuous wartness throughout the penicilli from the conidiophore to the tip of metulae, and the small conidia (2.0 to 2.5 # diameter).