penicillium phoeniceum penicillium phoeniceum penicillium phoeniceum is an anamorph, saprotrophic species of the genus of penicillium which produces oosporein, phoenicine and phenicin. penicillium phoeniceum scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: penicillium species: p. phoeniceum binomial name penicillium phoeniceumbeyma, f.h. van. 1933 type strain atcc 10481, cbs 249.32, fat 1292, frr 2070, iam 13724, ifo 5801, ijfm 5122, imi 040585, jcm 22782, kp 173, mucl 38795, nbrc 5801, nrrl 2070, qm 7608, vkm f-321 synonyms penicillium roseololilacinum, penicillium ovetense