| Penicillium purpurogenum | |
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| Penicillium purpurogenum on potato dextrose agar | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Eurotiales |
| Family: | Aspergillaceae |
| Genus: | Penicillium |
| Species: | P. purpurogenum
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| Binomial name | |
| Penicillium purpurogenum Stoll, (1923)
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Penicillium purpurogenum is a plant pathogen infecting strawberries. It produces rubratoxin B, a mycotoxin with anticarcinogenic properties, as well as monascus pigments.[1][2]
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