penicillium variabile penicillium variabile penicillium variabile is an anamorph species of fungus in the genus penicillium which has been isolated from permafrost deposits. penicillium variabile produces rugulovasine a and rugulovasine b this species occurs on wheat, flour, maize, rice, and barley, and it is also very common in indoor environments. penicillium variabile scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: penicillium species: p. variabile binomial name penicillium variabilesopp, o.j. 1912 type strain atcc 10508, cbs 385.48, imi 040040, nrrl 1048 synonyms talaromyces variabilis in the university of newcasttle, and publicated in the journal of parkinson’s disease, was found that the penicillium variable p16 is a main marker of the advancement of the parkinson illness (with the loss of telomere length and p21)