../../../.. jAlbum 39.8 🆔 Penicillium glaucum Link</br> ℹ️ Body: Filamentous mould forming dense white mycelium that develops sage-green, blue-green to grey-green coloration as conidia mature; colonies may be velvety, powdery or floccose depending on substrate and conditions</br> 🟢🔵🩶 Spore mass sage-green to blue-green or grey-green</br> 🍂 Saprobic; domesticated strains are deliberately cultivated inside blue-veined cheeses (Gorgonzola, Bleu de Gex, Rochebaron, Bleu d'Auvergne)</br> 🧀 Selected cultures historically called P. glaucum have been used in some blue cheeses</br> 📏 Microscopic filamentous mould forming visible spreading colonies, sometimes covering many centimetres of substrate</br> 📐 Colony variable according to substrate, temperature and culture medium; no discrete macroscopic fruit body</br> 👃 Strong, mouldy and characteristic; during cheese ripening contributes to the distinctive pungent blue-cheese aroma</br> 👅 Characteristically mild and piquant when present as a food-grade culture in ripened blue cheese</br> 🔬 Branched conidiophores up to ~200–400 µm long, bearing brush-like groups of phialides; conidia globose, smooth, ~2.5 µm, in long chains</br> 🔤 Classic sage- to blue-green Penicillium mould with brush-like conidiophores</br> https://fungarium.info/%D0%AD%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8B%20-%20Eurotiomycetes/%D0%AD%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B5%20-%20Eurotiales/%D0%90%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B5%20-%20Aspergillaceae/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%20%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%B9%20-%20Penicillium%20glaucum/ https://fungarium.info/%D0%AD%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8B%20-%20Eurotiomycetes/%D0%AD%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B5%20-%20Eurotiales/%D0%90%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B5%20-%20Aspergillaceae/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%20%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%B9%20-%20Penicillium%20glaucum/slides/%21Penicillium%20glaucum%20_2026-08-16_1-4.html Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:19:03 +0300 slides/%21Penicillium%20glaucum%20_2026-08-16_1-4.jpg https://fungarium.info/%D0%AD%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8B%20-%20Eurotiomycetes/%D0%AD%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B5%20-%20Eurotiales/%D0%90%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B5%20-%20Aspergillaceae/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%20%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%B9%20-%20Penicillium%20glaucum/slides/Penicillium%20glaucum%20_2026-08-16_1-1.html Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:19:03 +0300 slides/Penicillium%20glaucum%20_2026-08-16_1-1.jpg https://fungarium.info/%D0%AD%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8B%20-%20Eurotiomycetes/%D0%AD%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B5%20-%20Eurotiales/%D0%90%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B5%20-%20Aspergillaceae/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%20%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%B9%20-%20Penicillium%20glaucum/slides/Penicillium%20glaucum%20_2026-08-16_1-2.html Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:19:03 +0300 slides/Penicillium%20glaucum%20_2026-08-16_1-2.jpg https://fungarium.info/%D0%AD%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8B%20-%20Eurotiomycetes/%D0%AD%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B5%20-%20Eurotiales/%D0%90%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B5%20-%20Aspergillaceae/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%20%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%B9%20-%20Penicillium%20glaucum/slides/Penicillium%20glaucum%20_2026-08-16_1-3.html Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:19:03 +0300 slides/Penicillium%20glaucum%20_2026-08-16_1-3.jpg