aspergillus thermomutatus aspergillus thermomutatus aspergillus thermomutatus (also called neosartorya pseudofischeri) is a species of fungus in the genus aspergillus. it is from the fumigati section. the species was first described in 1992. it has been reported to produce asperfuran, cytochalasin-like compounds, fiscalin-like compounds, pyripyropens, and gliotoxin. aspergillus thermomutatus scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: aspergillus species: a. thermomutatus binomial name aspergillus thermomutatus(paden) s.w. peterson (1992) synonyms neosartorya pseudofischeri growth and morphology a. thermomutatus 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 thermomutatus growing on cya plate aspergillus thermomutatus growing on meaox plate