penicillium persicinum penicillium persicinum penicillium persicinum is a species of fungus in the genus penicillium which was isolated from soil from the qinghai province in china. penicillium persicinum produces griseofulvin, lichexanthone, roquefortine c, roquefortine d, patulin and chrysogine penicillium persicinum scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: penicillium species: p. persicinum binomial name penicillium persicinuml. wang, h.b. zhou, frisvad & samson 2004 type strain cbs 111235