Aspergillus neocarnoyi

Aspergillus neocarnoyi is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Aspergillus section.^[3] The species was first described in 1989.^[1] It has been reported to produce asperentins, asperflavin, auroglaucin, a bisanthron, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, flavoglaucin, neoechinulins, questin, questinol, tetracyclic, and tetrahydroauroglaucin.^[3]

Aspergillus neocarnoyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Eurotiales
Family:	Aspergillaceae
Genus:	Aspergillus
Species:	A. neocarnoyi
Binomial name
Aspergillus neocarnoyi Kozakiewicz (1989)[1]
Synonyms
Eurotium carnoyi Malloch & Cain (1972) [teleomorph][2]

Growth and morphology

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