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Penicillium funiculosum

Penicillium funiculosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Subclass: Eurotiomycetidae
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
Genus: Penicillium
Species: P. funiculosum
Binomial name
Penicillium funiculosum
Thom, (1910)
Synonyms

Penicillium aurantiacum J.H. Mill., (1957)
Penicillium rubicundum J.H. Mill., (1957)
Penicillium varians G. Sm., (1933)


Penicillium aurantiacum J.H. Mill., (1957)
Penicillium rubicundum J.H. Mill., (1957)
Penicillium varians G. Sm., (1933)

Penicillium funiculosum is a plant pathogen infecting pineapples.

It is also used as a source of the enzymes xylanase and beta-glucanase which are a non-starch polysaccharide hydrolysing enzymes used in the pig feed Rovabio Excel.


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