aspergillus californicus aspergillus californicus aspergillus californicus is a species of fungus in the genus aspergillus. it is from the cavernicolus section. the species was first described in 2011. it has been isolated from the shrub adenostoma fasciculatum in california, united states. aspergillus californicus scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: aspergillus species: a. californicus binomial name aspergillus californicusfrisvad, varga & samson (2011) type strain ibt 16748, cbs 123895, cbs h-20635, ibt 16748 growth and morphology a. californicus 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 californicus growing on cya plate aspergillus californicus growing on meaox plate