Aspergillus californicus

Aspergillus californicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Eurotiales
Family:	Aspergillaceae
Genus:	Aspergillus
Species:	A. californicus
Binomial name
	Aspergillus californicus; Frisvad, Varga & Samson (2011)
Type strain
	IBT 16748, CBS 123895, CBS H-20635, IBT 16748

Last updated August 17, 2025

Aspergillus californicus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . It is from the Cavernicolus section.^[3] The species was first described in 2011.^[1] It has been isolated from the shrub Adenostoma fasciculatum in California, United States.^[1]

Growth and morphology

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

References

1 2 3 Samson, R.A.; Varga, J.; Meijer, M.; Frisvad, J.C. 2011. New taxa in Aspergillus section Usti. Studies in Mycology. 69:81-97
↑ "Aspergillus californicus". www.uniprot.org.
↑ 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 3 Samson, R.A.; Varga, J.; Meijer, M.; Frisvad, J.C. 2011. New taxa in Aspergillus section Usti. Studies in Mycology. 69:81-97

[UniProt-2] "Aspergillus californicus". www.uniprot.org.

[isolation-3] 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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