Penicillium purpurogenum Stoll
(a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Penicillium purpurogenum (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)
Species	Talaromyces purpureogenus (a fungus)
Family	TRICHOCOMACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	EUROTIALES (an order of ascomycetes)
Subclass	EUROTIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
Class	EUROTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Penicillium purpurogenum is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Kozakiewicz, Z.	1992	Penicillium purpurogenum	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1108.

Penicillium purpurogenum (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Penicillium purpurogenum (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Penicillium purpurogenum (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Penicillium purpurogenum is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)