penicillium

One entry found for penicillium.

Main Entry: pen·i·cil·li·um
Pronunciation: -'si-lE-&m
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural pen·i·cil·lia /-lE-&/
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin penicillus
: any of a genus (Penicillium) of fungi (as a blue mold) that are found chiefly on moist nonliving organic matter (as decaying fruit) and have been grouped with the imperfect fungi but are now often placed with the ascomycetes