Aspergillus brevipes

Aspergillus brevipes is an anamorph species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus.^[1][3][5] It is from the Fumigati section.^[6] It was first described in 1952.^[2] It has been isolated from soil in Australia.^[6] Aspergillus brevipes produces roquefortine C, meleagrin and viriditoxin.^[7]

Aspergillus brevipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Eurotiales
Family:	Aspergillaceae
Genus:	Aspergillus
Species:	A. brevipes
Binomial name
Aspergillus brevipes G. Smith 1952[1][2]
Type strain
ATCC 16899, CBS 118.53, IFO 5821, IMI 51494, LSHBBB 263, LSHBSm 242, NRRL 2439, QM 1948[3]
Varieties[4]
Aspergillus brevipes var. unilateralis

Growth and morphology

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