Penicillium ulaiense

Penicillium ulaiense is a plant pathogen that causes whisker mould.^[1] It is considered an important infection of citrus fruit, especially in packinghouses. P. ulaiense is a citrus postharvest pathogenic fungus described as a member of the serie Italica,^[2] together with P. italicum. In 1987, mycologists in Taiwan published a description of P. ulaiense.^[1] Authors familiar with green and blue moulds of citrus had mistaken the fungus for P. italicum and dismissed its unique features as variations due to particular environmental conditions.^[3] To date, P. ulaiense has been reported in Argentina, Arizona, Australia, California, Florida, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, Taiwan, and Texas. In recent times, P. ulaiense has been reported in Egypt as a postharvest pathogen of orange fruit.^[4]

Penicillium ulaiense
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Eurotiales
Family:	Aspergillaceae
Genus:	Penicillium
Species:	P. ulaiense
Binomial name
Penicillium ulaiense H.M. Hsieh, H.J. Su & Tzean, (1987)

References

1. Hsieh H. M., Su H. J. and Tzean S. S. (1987). "The genus Penicillium in Taiwan. I. Two new taxa of synnematous Penicillium. Transactions of the mycological society of republic of China". Transactions of the Mycological Society of Republic of China. 2 (2): 157–168.
2. Frisvad, J.C.; Filtenborg O.; Lund F.; Samson R. A. (2000). "The homogeneous species and series in subgenus Penicillium are related to mammal nutrition and excretion.". In Samson, R.A.; Pitt, J.I. (eds.). Integration of modern taxonomic methods for Penicillium and Aspergillus classification. Amsterdam: Hargrove Academic Publishers. pp. 265–283. ISBN 978-90-5823-159-8.
3. Holmes G. J., Eckert J. W. and Pitt J. I. (1993). "A new postharvest disease of citrus in California caused by Penicillium ulaiense". Plant Disease. 77 (5): 537. doi:10.1094/PD-77-0537D.
4. K. Youssef; Y. Ahmed; A. Ligorio; A.M. D’Onghia; F. Nigro; A. Ippolito (2010). "First report of Penicillium ulaiense as a postharvest pathogen of orange fruit in Egypt". Plant Pathology. 59 (6): 1174. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3059.2010.02337.x.

External links

• USDA ARS Fungal Database