 Their work revealed that "A. flavipes", "A. terreus" and "A. carneus" species were equally related, rendering the distinction between sections "Terrei" and "Flavipedes" obsolete.They recommended that both sections be merged, pending further confirmatory genetic analyses.However, as of 2016, "A. carneus" continues to be considered a member of section "Terrei", along with 15 other members of the genus "Aspergillus".