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A soil mould and the type species of Hamigera, related to Penicillium and Talaromyces. It forms small ascomata surrounded by dark red encrusted hyphae and an asexual state with penicillate conidiophores (the Merimbla state). It grows well at 37 °C but does not grow at 5 °C. Peterson et al. (2010) revised the genus with DNA data and added six new species.
Not edible; a microscopic mould.
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