penicillium tropicum penicillium tropicum penicillium tropicum is a species of fungus in the genus penicillium which was isolated from soil beneath a coffea arabica plant in karnataka in india. penicillium tropicum scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: penicillium species: p. tropicum binomial name penicillium tropicumhoubraken, j.a.m.p.; frisvad, j.c.; samson, r.a. 2010 type strain cbs 112584 synonyms eupenicillium tropicum