''Penicillium albocoremium'' is a fungus

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

in the

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

Penicillium ''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. Some members of the genus produce ...

'' growing in '' Allium cepa''. ''Penicillium albocoremium'' produces

barceloneic acid B Barceloneic acid B is a cytotoxic isolate of ''Penicillium albocoremium ''Penicillium albocoremium'' is a fungus species in the genus ''Penicillium ''Penicillium'' () is a genus of ascomycetous fungi that is part of the mycobiome of man ...

and

andrastin A Andrastin A is a farnesyltransferase inhibitor isolate of ''Penicillium'' species including ''Penicillium albocoremium'' and '' Penicillium roqueforti''. It has been produced bio-synthetically by porting the relevant gene sequence into Aspergillu ...

References

albocoremium Fungi described in 2000 {{Eurotiomycetes-stub