aspergillus brevipes aspergillus brevipes aspergillus brevipes is an anamorph species of fungus in the genus aspergillus. it is from the fumigati section. it was first described in 1952. it has been isolated from soil in australia. aspergillus brevipes produces roquefortine c, meleagrin and viriditoxin. aspergillus brevipes scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: aspergillus species: a. brevipes binomial name aspergillus brevipesg. smith 1952 type strain atcc 16899, cbs 118.53, ifo 5821, imi 51494, lshbbb 263, lshbsm 242, nrrl 2439, qm 1948 varieties aspergillus brevipes var. unilateralis growth and morphology a. brevipes 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 brevipes growing on cya plate aspergillus brevipes growing on meaox plate