penicillium palitans penicillium palitans penicillium palitans is an anamorph species of fungus in the genus penicillium which was isolated from cheese and ancient permafrost deposits. penicillium palitans produces viridicatin, cyclopiazonic acid, roquefortine, palitantin and ochratoxin a penicillium palitans scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: penicillium species: p. palitans binomial name penicillium palitanswestling, r. 1911 type strain atcc 10477, cbs 107.11, frr 2033, ibt 23034, imi 040215, imi 402155, lshb p.126, lshb p126, mucl 39354, nrrl 2033, vkm f-3088