aspergillus cavernicola aspergillus cavernicola aspergillus cavernicola (also named a. amylovorus) is a species of fungus in the genus aspergillus. it is from the cavernicolus section. the species was first described in 1969. it has been isolated from the wall of a cave in romania and from wheat starch in ukraine. aspergillus cavernicola scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: aspergillus species: a. cavernicola binomial name aspergillus cavernicolalörinczi (1969) synonyms aspergillus amylovorus growth and morphology a. cavernicola 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 cavernicola growing on cya plate aspergillus cavernicola growing on meaox plate