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Aspergillus caespitosus

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Species of fungus

Aspergillus caespitosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species: A. caespitosus
Binomial name
Aspergillus caespitosus
Raper & Thom (1944)

Aspergillus caespitosus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It was described scientifically in 1944 by Kenneth B. Raper and Charles Thom, who isolated it from soil. It is from the Nidulantes section.

Growth and morphology

A. caespitosus has been cultivated on both Czapek yeast extract agar (CYA) plates and Malt Extract Agar Oxoid® (MEAOX) plates. The growth morphology of the colonies can be seen in the pictures below.

  • Aspergillus caespitosus growing on CYA plate Aspergillus caespitosus growing on CYA plate
  • Aspergillus caespitosus growing on MEAOX plate Aspergillus caespitosus growing on MEAOX plate

References

  1. Raper KB, Thom C. (1944). "New aspergilli from soil". Mycologia. 36 (6): 555–75. doi:10.2307/3754836. JSTOR 3754836.
  2. Chen, A.J.; Frisvad, J.C.; Sun, B.D.; Varga, S.; Kocsubé, S.; Dijksterhuis, J.; Kim, D.H.; Hong, S.-B.; Houbraken, J.; Samson, R.A. (2016). "Aspergillus section Nidulantes (formerly Emericella): Polyphasic taxonomy, chemistry and biology". Studies in Mycology. 84: 1–118. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2016.10.001. PMC 5198626. PMID 28050053.
Taxon identifiers
Aspergillus caespitosus


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