Aspergillus pseudoglaucus
Aspergillus pseudoglaucus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Aspergillus section.[2] The species was first described in 1929.[1] It has been reported to produce asperentins, asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, erythroglaucin, 6-farnesyl-5,7-dihydroxy-4-methylphthalide, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, mycophenolic acid, neoechinulins, physcion, questin, questinol, tetracyclic, and tetrahydroauroglaucin.[2]
| Aspergillus pseudoglaucus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Eurotiales |
| Family: | Trichocomaceae |
| Genus: | Aspergillus |
| Species: | A. pseudoglaucus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus pseudoglaucus Blochwitz (1929)[1] | |
Growth and morphology
A. pseudoglaucus has been cultivated on both Czapek yeast extract agar (CYA) plates and yeast extract sucrose agar (YES) plates. The growth morphology of the colonies can be seen in the pictures below.
Aspergillus pseudoglaucus growing on CYA plate
Aspergillus pseudoglaucus growing on YES plate
References
- Blochwitz, A. 1929. Die Gattung Aspergillus. neue Spezies. Diagnosen. Synonyme. Annales Mycologici. 27(3-4):205-240
- Chen, A.J.; Hubka, V.; Frisvad, J.C.; Visagie, C.M.; Houbraken, J.; Meijer, M.; Varga, J.; Demirel, R.; Jurjevic, Z.; Kubátová, A.; Sklenár, F.; Zhou, Y.G.; Samson, R.A. (2017). "Polyphasic taxonomy of Aspergillus section Aspergillus (formerly Eurotium), and its occurrence in indoor environments and food". Studies in Mycology. 88: 37–135. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2017.07.001. PMC 5573881. PMID 28860671.
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