penicillium ovatum penicillium ovatum penicillium ovatum is a species of fungus in the genus penicillium which was isolated from forest soil in kuala lumpur in malaysia. penicillium ovatum scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: penicillium species: p. ovatum binomial name penicillium ovatumhoubraken, j.; samson, r.a. 2011 synonyms torulomyces ovatus