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 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.^[1]

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