penicillium inflatum penicillium inflatum penicillium inflatum (also named aspergillus inflatum) is an anamorph species of the genus of penicillium which produces sterigmatocystin. it is from the cremei section. penicillium inflatum scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: penicillium species: p. inflatum binomial name penicillium inflatumstolk & malla (1971) type strain atcc 48994, cbs 682.70, ccfc007491, ccfc007492, daom 213168, frr 1549, imi 191498, mucl 38965, nrrl 5179 synonyms aspergillus inflatus growth and morphology a. inflatus has been cultivated on both czapek yeast extract agar (cya) plates and malt extract agar oxoid® (meaox) plates. the growth morphology of the colonies can be seen in the pictures below. penicillium inflatus growing on cya plate penicillium inflatus growing on meaox plate