Aspergillus sparsus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Eurotiales |
Family: | Aspergillaceae |
Genus: | Aspergillus |
Species: | A. sparsus |
Binomial name | |
Aspergillus sparsus Raper & Thom (1944) [1] | |
Aspergillus sparsus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . It is from the Sparsi section. [2] [3] The species was first described in 1944. [1] It has been isolated from soil in Costa Rica and the United States. [2]
A. sparsus 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.
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