penicillium

English Thesaurus

1. genus of fungi commonly growing as green or blue molds on decaying food; used in making cheese and as a source of penicillin (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus genus,
definition	:	includes lichen genera (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family moniliaceae, moniliaceae,
definition	:	family of imperfect fungi having white or brightly colored hyphae and spores that are produced directly on the mycelium and not aggregated in fruiting bodies (noun.plant)