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Jun 2022
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Penicillium lividum
A slow-growing fungus that produces a grayish blue-green colony with a dull peach to flesh to orange reverse, within twelve days, when incubated at 25oC (77oF). It is found worldwide but is relatively rare. It has been isolated from soil, plants, and bird feathers. There have not been any reports of human infections.