penicillium cairnsense penicillium cairnsense penicillium cairnsense is a fungus species of the genus of penicillium which produces benzomalvins, citreoviridin, phoenicin, terrain, quinolactacin and decaturin. penicillium cairnsense is named after cairns, a city in australia that is near to where this species was first isolated. penicillium cairnsense scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: penicillium species: p. cairnsense binomial name penicillium cairnsensehoubraken, j.; frisvad, j.c.; cole, t.; samson, r.a. 2011 type strain cbs 124325, cbs 117962, cbs 117982, cbs 118028