Aspergillus aurantiobrunneus

Aspergillus aurantiobrunneus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Eurotiales
Family:	Aspergillaceae
Genus:	Aspergillus
Species:	A. aurantiobrunneus
Binomial name
	Aspergillus aurantiobrunneus; (G.A. Atkins, Hindson & A.B. Russell) Raper & Fennell (1965)

Last updated August 17, 2025

Aspergillus aurantiobrunneus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . It is from the Nidulantes section.^[2] The species was first described in 1965.^[1] It has been reported to produce emeremophiline, emericolin A-D, variecolin, variecolol, desferritriacetylfusigen, sterigmatocystin, variecoacetals A and B, variecolactone, and variecolin.^[2]

Growth and morphology

A. aurantiobrunneus 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 aurantiobrunneus growing on CYA plate
Aspergillus aurantiobrunneus growing on MEAOX plate

References

1 2 Raper, K.B.; Fennell, D.I. 1965. The Genus Aspergillus. :1-686
1 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.

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[thomchurch1926-1] 1 2 Raper, K.B.; Fennell, D.I. 1965. The Genus Aspergillus. :1-686

[isolation-2] 1 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.

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