Table 1 .Provenance of isolates used in this study.

Penicillium erubescens MB335726^a (syn. Eupenicillium erubescens)

6223

South Africa: Pretoria: isolated from nursery soil, 1967, culture ex-type

Penicillium guttulosum MB266689

907

USA: Utah: isolated from soil, 1927, culture ex-type

Penicillium menonorum MB519297

50410

USA: California: isolated from garden soil, 2009, culture ex-type

Penicillium parvum MB289101 (syn. Eupenicillium parvum)

2095

Nicaragua: isolated from soil, July 1945, A.G. Kevorkian, culture ex-type

6032

Papua-New Guinea: isolated from soil, ca. 1973, S. Udagawa, culture ex-type of P. papuanum MB319290

35488

Ghana: Tafo: isolated from soil, ca. 1949

35492

Venezuela: isolated from soil, ca. 1976, D.T. Wicklow

Penicillium pimiteouiense MB460126

2063

New Guinea: isolated from tent cloth, ca. 1944, G.W. Martin

25542

USA: Illinois: Peoria: isolated from human kidney cell culture plate, April 1996, J.T. Hjelle, culture ex-type

26932

USA: Illinois: Peoria: isolated from human kidney cell culture plate, November 1997, M.A. Miller-Hjelle

26933

USA: Illinois: Peoria: isolated from human kidney cell culture plate, November 1997, M.A. Miller-Hjelle

28602

USA: Illinois: Peoria: isolated from human kidney cell culture plate, July 1998, J.T. Hjelle

Penicillium rubidurum MB319295 (syn. Eupenicillium rubidurum)

6033

Papua-New Guinea: isolated from soil, 1975, culture ex-type

Penicillium vinaceum MB281754

739

USA: Utah: isolated from soil, 1927, culture ex-type

740

Unknown: obtained from M.B. Morrow, 1936