Monascus
Monascus is a genus of mold. Among the known species of this genus, the red-pigmented Monascus purpureus is among the most important because of its use in the production of certain fermented foods in East Asia, particularly China and Japan.Species
- Monascus albidus Satô
- Monascus argentinensis Stchigel & Guarro 2004
- Monascus aurantiacus Zhong Q. Li 1982
- Monascus eremophilus A.D. Hocking & Pitt 1988
- Monascus floridanus P.F. Cannon & E.L. Barnard 1987
- Monascus fuliginosus Satô
- Monascus kaoliang C.F. Lin & Iizuka 1975
- Monascus lunispora
- Monascus pallens P.F. Cannon, Abdullah & B.A. Abbas
- Monascus paxii Lingelsheim
- Monascus pilosus K. Satô ex D. Hawksw. & Pitt 1983
- Monascus pubigeras Satô
- Monascus purpureus Went 1895
- Monascus ruber van Tieghem 1884
- Monascus sanguineus P.F. Cannon, Abdullah & B.A. Abbas
Phylogeny as given by Bisby et al., 2000, who put the genus into a separate family Monascaceae.
