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Apple blue mold

Penicillium expansum

553Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
2Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan46
Feb42
Mar43
Apr50
May48
Jun52
Jul51
Aug53
Sep54
Oct43
Nov38
Dec33

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England2
2Highland Scotland1
3 England1 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 2 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
553
Peak month
September
Counties with records
2
Scientific name
Penicillium expansum
Group
Fungi
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Eurotiomycetes
Order
Eurotiales
Family
Aspergillaceae
Genus
Penicillium
Name with authority
Penicillium expansum Link
Contributing datasets
5

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q147358 · GBIF 2597789