Penicillium hirsutum Sartory & Bainier
(a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Anamorphic SpeciesPenicillium hirsutum (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)
Form genusPenicillium (blue mould rot)
FamilyTRICHOCOMACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
OrderEUROTIALES (an order of ascomycetes)
SubclassEUROTIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
ClassEUROTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Kozakiewicz, Z. 1995 Penicillium hirsutum Dierckx I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1260.

Penicillium hirsutum (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Penicillium hirsutum (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Penicillium hirsutum (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)
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