aspergillus astellatus aspergillus astellatus aspergillus astellatus is a species of the genus of aspergillus. it is from the nidulantes section. aspergillus astellatus produces aflatoxin b1, aflatoxin b2 and sterigmatocystin. aspergillus astellatus scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: aspergillus species: a. astellatus binomial name aspergillus astellatus(fennell & raper) houbraken, visagie & samson 2014 type strain cbs 134.55, cbs 261.93, nrrl 2396, wb 2396 = cbs 134.55 = ibt 22589 synonyms aspergillus variecolor var. astellatus, aspergillus stellatus var. astellatus, emericella astellata growth and morphology a. astellatus 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 astellatus growing on cya plate aspergillus astellatus growing on meaox plate