aspergillus albertensis aspergillus albertensis aspergillus albertensis is a species of fungus in the genus aspergillus. it is from the flavi section. the species was first described in 1985. it was isolated from a human ear in canada. a. albertensis has been shown to produce ochratoxin a and b. it forms yellow spores. aspergillus albertensis scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: aspergillus species: a. albertensis binomial name aspergillus albertensisj.p. tewari (1985) growth and morphology a. albertensis 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 albertensis growing on cya plate aspergillus albertensis growing on meaox plate