The story of blue cheese is the story of the balance between great milk and the blue penicillium mold, our attempts to control the two, and the pleasure we experience when it’s done right. A happy ...

In the paste of Roquefort and on the surface of Camembert, the microscopic filamentous fungi Penicillium roqueforti and Penicillium camembertii are responsible for the formation of a greenish-blue ...

Researchers analyzed ancient fecal samples, or paleofeces, discovered in the salt mines of the Hallstatt-Dachstein area. In a sample dating back roughly 2,700 years, researchers discovered penicillium ...

GERMINATION of fungal spores is characterized physiologically by transformation of the spore from a dormant state of low activity to a state of high metabolic activity, and morphologically at a later ...

Camembert and Brie lovers may soon need to ration their favourite delicacy because a decline in fungi has left them on the verge of extinction. The two cheeses are made by adding a specific strain of ...