Penicillium claviforme

Penicillium claviforme is a species of Penicillium within the phylum Ascomycota.


 * It is found within the subgenus Terverticillium.
 * It has a coremium-type morphology in the sexual structures, named for its resemblance to matchsticks.
 * It is also known as Penicillium vulpinum.

Also known as synnema, meaning 'pillow', because of the closely appressed conidiophores.