Species that belong to
Penicillium
section
Sclerotiora
are commonly found in various terrestrial environments, but only a few have been reported in marine environments. Because the number of
Penicillium
species reported in marine environments is increasing, we investigated the diversity of
Penicillium
section
Sclerotiora
in marine environments in Korea. Based on sequence analyses of β-tubulin and calmodulin loci, 21 strains of section
Sclerotiora
were identified as
P. bilaiae
,
P. daejeonium
,
P. exsudans
,
P. herquei
,
P.
cf.
guanacastense
,
P. mallochii
,
P. maximae
, and
P. viticola
. Three of them were confirmed as new to Korea:
P. exsudans
,
P. mallochii
, and
P. maximae
. Here, we have provided detailed morphological descriptions of these unrecorded species.