Aspergillus hiratsukae is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Fumigati section. The species was first described in 1991.Udagawa, S.; Tsubouchi, H.; Horie, Y. 1991. Neosartorya hiratsukae, a new species of food-borne Ascomycetes. Transactions of the Mycological Society of Japan. 32:23-29 It has been reported to produce avenaciolide.
Growth and morphology
A. hiratsukae 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.
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