Fruiting body in Penicillium is known as

Cleistothecium

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Apothecium

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Perithecium

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Pycnidium

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Solution

The correct option is A Cleistothecium
The fruiting body of Penicillium is a cleistothecium. A cleistothecium is the proper name for a closed, spherical ascocarp. Within the ascocarp, asci are housed. Each asci carries around eight ascospores, which are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes (a type of fungus).
Thus, the correct answer is option A.

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