penicillium cyaneum penicillium cyaneum penicillium cyaneum is a species of the genus of penicillium which was isolated from an oil-field. penicillium cyaneum produces fatty acid, brefeldin a and the antibiotic cyanein penicillium cyaneum scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: penicillium species: p. cyaneum binomial name penicillium cyaneumbiourge, la cellule 1923 type strain atcc 10432, bcrc 33337, cbst , cbs 119.51, cbs 315.48, ccrc 33337, frr 0775, ifo 5337, imi 039744, mucl 38770, nbrc 5337 synonyms citromyces cyaneus