Rediscovery of Penicillium paradoxum (Ascomycete: Aspergillaceae) from Maharashtra, India

Abstract

Penicillium paradoxum has an enigmatic Aspergillus-like anamorphic state; earlier named as Aspergillus paradoxus with a teleomorph state Hemicarpenteles paradoxus. The present paper describes the rediscovery of this species from India after five decades and includes a phylogenetic study of this strain. This is the first record of this strain from peninsular India including the Western Ghats.

Keywords

• Anamorphic ascomycete
• Phylogeny
• Taxonomy
• Western Ghats