Monascus kaoliang is a fungus.Lin, Ching-Fwu, and Hiroshi Iizuka. "Production of extracellular pigment by a mutant of Monascus kaoliang sp. nov." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 43.3 (1982): 671–676.
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Further reading
Chayawat, Jirawun, et al. "Pigments and anti-cholesterol agent production by Monascus kaoliang KB 9 and its color mutants in rice solid cultures." Kasetsart Journal 43 (2009): 696–702.