''Aspergillus longivesica'' is a

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of fungus in the

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''. It is from the ''Clavati'' section. The species was first described in 1971.Huang, L.H.; Raper, K.B. 1971. Aspergillus longivesica, a new species from Nigerian soil. Mycologia. 63(1):50-57 ''A. longivesica'' has been reported to produce

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, tryptoquivalones, tryptoquivalines, antafumicins, and pyripyropen.

Growth and morphology

''A. longivesica'' 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_longivesica_cya.png, ''Aspergillus longivesica'' growing on CYA plate Aspergillus_longivesica_meaox.png, ''Aspergillus longivesica'' growing on MEAOX plate

References

longivesica Fungi described in 1971 {{Eurotiomycetes-stub