aspergillus conicus aspergillus conicus aspergillus conicus is a xerophilic species of fungus in the genus aspergillus which can cause endophthalmitis in rare cases. it was first described in 1914. it is from the section restricti. aspergillus conicus has been reported as a human pathogen. aspergillus conicus scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: ascomycota class: eurotiomycetes order: eurotiales family: trichocomaceae genus: aspergillus species: a. conicus binomial name aspergillus conicusblochwitz (1914) type strain 4733.701, atcc 16908, bcrc 33143, cbs 475.65, ccrc 33143, cgmcc 3.4372, frr 0149, imi 172281, jcm 1725, nrrlt, nrrl 149, nrrl wb149, qm 7405, thom 4733.701, wb 149 growth and morphology a. conicus 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 conicus growing on cya plate aspergillus conicus growing on meaox plate