Macrophotograph (filtered) of Penicillium roqueforti, an economically important penicillin fungus used in the manufacture of blue cheeses. The deep re

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Macrophotograph (filtered) of Penicillium roqueforti, an economically important penicillin fungus used in the manufacture of blue cheeses. The deep red regions in this photograph are the reproductive bodies of the fungus, or the spores, and the pale red, threadlike regions are the hyphae, or vegetative structure.

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Photo credit: © DR JEREMY BURGESS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: blue, cheese, economically, eumycota, food, fungal, fungi, fungus, important, mycology, nature, penicillin, production, variety