penicillium sterculiniicola penicillium sterculiniicola penicillium sterculiniicola is a species of fungus in the genus penicillium which was isolated from spawn run compost in the united states. penicillium sterculiniicola scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: penicillium species: p. sterculiniicola binomial name penicillium sterculiniicolahoubraken 2014 type strain cbs 122426, dto 031-a4