penicillium tropicoides penicillium tropicoides penicillium tropicoides is a species of fungus in the genus penicillium. penicillium tropicoides scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: penicillium species: p. tropicoides binomial name penicillium tropicoideshoubraken, j.a.m.p.; frisvad, j.c.; samson, r.a. 2010 type strain cbs 122410, ibt 29043