Hope is on the horizon, however. Myconeos has already been able to kickstart sexual reproduction in one of the fading strains – Penicillium roqueforti, which is essential not just in the ...

Its beautiful marbled interior is given by Penicillium roqueforti, a fungus/mold that is used to ripen the cheese. And this is why, in fact, blue cheese is called so. We visited Caseificio Si ...