aspergillus egyptiacus aspergillus egyptiacus aspergillus egyptiacus is a species of fungus in the genus aspergillus. it is from the cavernicolus section. the species was first described in 1972. it was isolated from sandy soil in egypt. aspergillus egyptiacus scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: aspergillus species: a. egyptiacus binomial name aspergillus egyptiacusmoubasher & moustafa (1972) growth and morphology a. egyptiacus 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 egyptiacus growing on cya plate aspergillus egyptiacus growing on meaox plate