aspergillus appendiculatus aspergillus appendiculatus aspergillus appendiculatus (also called a. testaceocolorans) is a species of fungus in the genus aspergillus. it is from the aspergillus section. the species was first described in 1975. it has been reported to produce asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, emodin, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, physcion, questin, questinol, tetracyclic, and tetrahydroauroglaucin. aspergillus appendiculatus scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: aspergillus species: a. appendiculatus binomial name aspergillus appendiculatusblaser (1975) type strain atcc 16444, cbs 374.75, cbs 523.65, eth 8286, imi 278374, imi 89278, zt 8286 synonyms eurotium appendiculatum, eurotium aridicola growth and morphology a. appendiculatus 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 appendiculatus growing on cya plate aspergillus appendiculatus growing on meaox plate