Penicillium camemberti is a species of fungus in the genus Penicillium. It is used in the production of Camembert, Brie, Langres, Coulommiers, and Cambozola cheeses, on which colonies of P. camemberti form a hard, white crust. It is responsible for giving these cheeses their distinctive flavors. An allergy to the antibiotic penicillin does not necessarily imply an allergy to cheeses made using P. camemberti.
Penicillium camemberti
Penicillium is a genus of ascomycetous fungi that is part of the mycobiome of many species and is of major importance in the natural environment, in food spoilage, and in food and drug production.
Penicillium
Various fungi including Penicillium and Aspergillus species growing in axenic culture
Some penicillium mold on mandarin oranges, probably Penicillium digitatum.
Penicillium sp. under bright field microscopy (10 × 100 magnification) with lactophenol cotton blue stain