aspergillus tatenoi aspergillus tatenoi aspergillus tatenoi is a species of fungus in the genus aspergillus. it is from the fumigati section. several fungi from this section produce heat-resistant ascospores, and the isolates from this section are frequently obtained from locations where natural fires have previously occurred. the species was first described in 1992. it has been reported to produce aszonalenin, aszonapyrone a, aszonapyrone b, and tatenoic acid. aspergillus tatenoi scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: aspergillus species: a. tatenoi binomial name aspergillus tatenoiy. horie, miyaji, koji yokoyama, udagawa & campos-takagi (1992) growth and morphology a. tatenoi 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 tatenoi growing on cya plate aspergillus tatenoi growing on meaox plate