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An ascomycete in the Aspergillus family that produces conspicuous club-shaped (clavarioid) fruiting structures from fallen fruits and seeds of persimmon trees (Diospyros). It was described from Java in 1887 and is the type species of Penicilliopsis. It has since been recorded from Taiwan and from India.
Not edible; a mould on decaying fruit.
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