penicillium ribium penicillium ribium penicillium ribium is a psychrotolerant species of the genus of penicillium which was isolated from the rocky mountains in wyoming, in the united states. penicillium ribium produces asperfuran, kojic acid and cycloaspeptide. penicillium ribium scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: penicillium species: p. ribium binomial name penicillium ribiumfrisvad, larsen, dalsgaard, seifert, louis-seize, lyhne, jarvis, fettinger & overy 2006 type strain daom 234091, ibt 16537, ibt 24431