aspergillus luppii aspergillus luppii aspergillus luppii (also called a. aureofulgens) is a species of fungus in the genus aspergillus. it is from the flavipedes section. aspergillus luppii produces the antimicrobics curvularin and dehydrocurvularin. aspergillus luppii scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: aspergillus species: a. luppii binomial name aspergillus luppiiluppi-mosca, a.m. 1973, hubka, a. novkov, m. kolak & s.w. peterson, 2014 type strain cbs 653.74, ccf 4545, nrrl 6326, nrrl mold 6326, prm 923447 synonyms aspergillus aureofulgens growth and morphology a. luppii 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. aspergillus luppii growing on cya plate aspergillus luppii growing on meaox plate