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. 2018 May 31;16:197–210. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2018.05.003

Table 1b.

Overview of major subgeneric classifications of Penicillium species.

Dierckx [29] Biourge [34] Thom [20] Raper et al. [22] Pitt [35] Stolk & Samson [36] Houbraken & Samson [3], Houbraken et al. [173]
Subgenus Aspergilloides aSubgenus Eupenicillium Division Asymmetrica Section Asymmetrica Subgenus Aspergilloides Section Aspergilloides Subgenus Aspergilloides
aSubgenus Eupenicillium bSection Biverticillium Section Brevi-compacta bSection Biverticillata-symmetrica Section Aspergilloides bSection Biverticillium Section Aspergilloides
Section Bulliardium (=Section Asymmetrica) Section Fasciculata Section Monoverticillata Section Exilicaulis Section Coremigenum Section Charlesii
Subgenus Monoverticillium Section Funiculosa Section Polyverticillata-symmetrica bSubgenus Biverticillium Section Divaricatum Section Cinnamopurpurea
Section Lanata-divaricata Section Coremigenum Section Eladia Section Citrina
Section Lanata-typica Section Simplicium Section Geosmithia Section Exilicaulis
Section Velutina Subgenus Furcatum Section Inordinate Section Fracta
bDivision Biverticillata-symmetrica Section Divaricatum Section Ramosum Section Gracilenta
Section Ascogena Section Furcatum Section Penicillium Section Lanata-divaricata
Section Coremigena Subgenus Penicillium Section Torulomyces Section Ochrosalmonea
Section Luteo-virida Section Coronatum Section Ramigena
Section Miscellanea Section Cylindrosporum Section Sclerotiora
Division Monoverticillata Section Inordinate Section Stolkia
Section Monoverticillata-stricta Section Penicillium Section Torulomyces
Section Monoverticillata-Ramigena Section Thysanophora
Division Polyverticillata-symmetrica Subgenus Penicillium
Section Brevicompacta
Section Canescentia
Section Chrysogena
Section Digitata
Section Eladia
Section Fasiculata
Section Osmophila
Section Paradoxa
Section Penicillium
Section Ramosa
Section Robsamsonia
Section Roquefortorum
Section Turbata
a

Not referring to the sexual genus Eupenicillium Ludwig

b

Transferred to genus Talaromyces and excluded from Penicillium