blue mold

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | 249 words | Copyright

blue mold • n. a bluish fungus (Penicillium and other genera, phylum Ascomycota) that grows on food. Blue molds are deliberately introduced into some cheeses, and some kinds are used to produce antibiotics such as penicillin.

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