Blue mould, caused primarily by Penicillium expansum, is a major threat to the global pome
fruit industry, causing multimillion‐dollar losses annually. The blue mould fungus negatively …

Penicillium expansum is a necrotrophic plant pathogen with a wide range of fruit hosts. It
causes blue mold rot during fruit storage, transport, and sale, resulting in huge economic …

Penicillium fungi, including Penicillium oxalicum, can secrete a range of efficient plant-
polysaccharide-degrading enzymes (PPDEs) that is very useful for sustainable …

Filamentous fungi are prolific producers of secondary metabolites (SecMets), including
compounds with antibiotic properties, like penicillin, that allows the producing fungus to …

Blue mold is an economically significant postharvest disease of pome fruit that is primarily
caused by Penicillium expansum. To manage this disease and sustain product quality, novel …

Mycotoxin contamination is a leading cause of food spoilage and waste on a global scale.
Patulin, a mycotoxin produced by Penicillium spp. during postharvest pome fruit decay …

Materials and methods A Penicillium reference dataset was compiled mainly based on the
most recent taxonomy and accepted species list published by Houbraken et al.(2020). The …

Penicilium griseofulvum, the causal agent of apple blue mold, is able to produce in vitro and
on apple a broad spectrum of secondary metabolites (SM), including patulin, roquefortine C …

Black apples are the result of late-stage microbial decomposition after falling to the ground.
This phenomenon is highly comparable from year to year, with the filamentous fungus …

Accurate identification of the fungal community spontaneously colonizing food products,
aged in natural and not controlled environments, provides information about potential …