Name:		Monascus anka K. Satô, Bulletin of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan 12 (1936) page 583 [basionym]
Accepted name:		Monascus purpureus Went
Status:		Species
Taxonomic position:		Monascus Tiegh. [Genus] Monascaceae J. Schröt. [Family] Eurotiomycetidae Doweld [Subclass] Eurotiomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subspecific taxa Monascus anka var. anka Monascus anka var. rubellus K. Satô
Catalogue data:		Index of Fungi 5: 252
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]