Fungalpedia – Note 2540, Aspergillus
Aspergillus. P. Micheli ex Haller.
Citation when using this data: Boonmee S et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1
Classification: Aspergillaceae, Eurotiales, Eurotiomycetidae, Eurotiomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Notes: Aspergillus is the largest genus in Aspergillaceae contains more than 700 accepted species and divided into 25 sections (Houbraken et al. 2020; Species Fungorum 2021). Aspergillus section Sparsi is typified by A. sparsus and comprised four species were isolated from soil substrate (Raper and Thom 1944). Members of Aspergillus section Sparsi are commonly found in soil and their characterized by produced large globose conidia and irregular split with age (Smith 1956; Mares et al. 2008; Chen et al. 2016). Most species in this section are identified by pigment ranging from light grey to olive-buff (Varga et al. 2010).
Type species: Aspergillus glaucus (L.) Link, Mag. Gesell. naturf. Freunde, Berlin 3(1-2): 16 (1809).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Aspergillus.
Figure 1 – Aspergillus lannaensis (SDBR-CMUO8, holotype). Colonies incubated at 25 °C for 7 days. a Colony on CYA. b Colony on MEA. c Colony on CREA. d Conidiophores. e Conidia arranged in long chains. f Oval or ellipsoidal conidia. Scale bars: a–c = 10 mm, d, e = 20 μm, f = 10 μm.
References
Raper KB, Thom C 1944 – New aspergilli from soil. Mycologia 36:555–575.
Smith G 1956 – Some new species of soil moulds. Trans Brit Mycol Soc 39:111–114.
Species Fungorum 2021 – http://www.speciesfungorum.org/ Spegazzini C 1917 – Revisión de las Laboulbeniales argentinas. An Mus Nac Hist Nat Buenos Aires 29:445–688.
Entry by
Saranyaphat Boonmee, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand
Published online 6 June 2026