penicillium vagum penicillium vagum penicillium vagum is a species of fungus in the genus penicillium which was isolated from an air sample in the stellenbosch mountains in western cape in south africa. penicillium vagum scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: penicillium species: p. vagum binomial name penicillium vagumhoubraken, pitt, visagie, & k. jacobs 2014 type strain cbs 137728, cv 25, cv0025, daom 241357, dto 180-g3, cmv-2013l