penicillium ootensis penicillium ootensis penicillium ootensis is a species of fungus in the genus penicillium. penicillium ootensis scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: penicillium species: p. ootensis binomial name penicillium ootensisa.k. gupta & s. chauhan 1996