New Record of Penicillium vanoranjei in Iraq

The present study aimed to identification of p. vanoranjei based on microscopical and cultural method as a new record isolate in iraq. penicillium vanoranjei is a new species in iraq that produce an orang production pigment after compelet growth on the culure medium. location, the spesmen collected from women patient admitted to al jimhory hospital in samaraa city and lived in al jilam township during december/ /2016 in salah al deen governorate- samaraa city. morphological and microscopichal charecterstic appeared that the top view of the culture slightly raised in the center; mycelia was white near the margins, the reversed view appeared dark brown. microscopic examination illustrates that the conidiophores were monoverticillate (unbranched) penicillium vanoranjei.