Aspergillus venenatus

Aspergillus venenatus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Versicolores section.[1] The species was first described in 2012.[1]

Aspergillus venenatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. venenatus
Binomial name
Aspergillus venenatus
Jurjević, S.W. Peterson & B.W. Horn (2012)[1]

Growth and morphology

A. venenatus 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.

References

  1. Jurjevic, Zeljko; Peterson, Stephen W.; Horn, Bruce W. (2012). "Aspergillus section Versicolores: nine new species and multilocus dNA sequence based phylogeny". IMA Fungus. 3 (1): 59–795. doi:10.5598/imafungus.2012.03.01.07. ISSN 2210-6340. PMC 3399103. PMID 23155501.

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