aspergillus carlsbadensis aspergillus carlsbadensis aspergillus carlsbadensis is a species of fungus in the genus aspergillus which has been isolated from the carlsbad caverns national park in new mexico in the united states. it is from the usti section. aspergillus carlsbadensis scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: aspergillus species: a. carlsbadensis binomial name aspergillus carlsbadensisfrisvad, varga & samson, 2011 type strain ibt 14493, cbs 12389 growth and morphology a. carlsbadensis 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 carlsbadensis growing on cya plate aspergillus carlsbadensis growing on meaox plate