 "A. carneus" was first placed in section "Terrei", along with "Aspergillus terreus" and "Aspergillus nivea", by Thom and Raper (1945) due to its transparent aleurioconidia.In 1965, "A. carneus" was reclassified to "Aspergillus" section "Flavipedes", along with "A. flavipes" and "A. nivea", by Raper and Fennell because its conidial heads were less columnar than those of "A. terreus" and its unique thick-walled, yellow hyphae.This taxonomic debate was addressed using modern molecular genetic techniques as they became available.