Pencillium Close Up

Synthetic biology blogger Christina Agapakis grabbed this shot of Penicillium:

I just learned that Penicillium, the genus of fungus that makes the white rind on brie cheese and the blue veins in blue cheese, is named after the latin word for "paintbrush" because of its shape.

It's impressive and wondrous how beautiful the tiny is. It reminds me of images of barren alien planets, though that's probably the grey tones.

(via BoingBoing)