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Aspergillus pseudoglaucus

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Aspergillus pseudoglaucus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. pseudoglaucus
Binomial name
Aspergillus pseudoglaucus
Blochwitz (1929)[1]

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]

Growth and morphology

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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.

References

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  1. ^ a b Blochwitz, A. 1929. Die Gattung Aspergillus. neue Spezies. Diagnosen. Synonyme. Annales Mycologici. 27(3-4):205-240
  2. ^ a b 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.