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039987A1A8557A58FF11B2AB30A62CA7.text	039987A1A8557A58FF11B2AB30A62CA7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aspergillus dhakephalkarii Rajeshk., Harik. & Visagie 2025	<div><p>Aspergillus dhakephalkarii Rajeshk., Harik. &amp; Visagie, sp. nov. (Figures 3, 4)</p><p>MycoBank No. MB854231</p><p>Etymology: Named after Dr. Prashant K. Dhakephalkar (Director, MACS Agharkar Research Institute, Pune) for his invaluable contributions to Indian industrial microbiology and bioenergy research.</p><p>Holotype: INDIA, Kerala, Kannur, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=75.58417&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.72416" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 75.58417/lat 11.72416)">Aniyaram</a>, 11.72416°N, 75.584167°E, from soil associated with Anthurium andraeanum (rhizosphere), 29 January 2023, Harikrishnan K &amp; Rajeshkumar KC (holotype AMH 10690 [dried culture], ex-holotype NFCCI 5750 [living culture]).</p><p>Diagnosis: Phylogenies resolve Aspergillus dhakephalkarii as a distinct lineage in series Japonici . Aspergillus dhakephalkarii produces uniseriate conidiophores with ellipsoidal, smooth-walled conidia. Aspergillus saccharolyticus (Sørensen et al. 2011) is its closest relative (Figure 1), but this species and other uniseriate species of series Japonici typically produce globose, subglobose or ellipsoidal conidia with echinulate or roughened walls. Furthermore, A. dhakephalkarii produces yellowish white (4A2) to yellowish orange (4A6–B7) sclerotia on OA and lacks acid production on CREA, while its closest relative typically lacks sclerotia and produces acid on CREA . See Table 2.</p><p>Classification: Aspergillus subg. Circumdati sect. Nigri ser. Japonici .</p><p>Description: Colony diam (25 ˚C, 7 d, in mm): CREA 29–30; CYA&gt;70; CYA 30 ˚C&gt;70; CYA 37 ˚C 10–12; CY20S&gt;70; CZ 39–40; DG18 38–40; MEA 55–60; MEA 30 ºC 59–62; MEA 37 ˚C 14–16; MEAbl 53–57; M20S;&gt;70; OA 55–58; YES&gt;70.</p><p>Colony characters (25 ˚C, 7 d): CYA: Colony surface velutinous, radially sulcate, margins irregular; mycelia white (1A1); sporulation dense, brown (7E4); exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse white (1A1). CYA20S: Colony surface velutinous, margins irregular; mycelia white (1A1); sporulation dense, greyish brown (8E3); exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse greyish yellow (4B4) at the centre, white (1A1) at the margin. CZ: Colony surface velutinous, plain, margins irregular; mycelia white (1A1); sporulation absent; exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse hyaline. DG18: Colony surface velutinous, plain, margins irregular; mycelium white (1A1); sporulation sparse; exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse hyaline. MEA: Colony surface velutinous, margins irregular; mycelia white (1A1); sporulation dense, greyish brown (8E3); exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse yellowish white (4A2). MEAbl: Colony surface velutinous, margins irregular; mycelia white (1A1); sporulation dense, greyish brown (8E3); exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse yellowish white (4A2). M20S: Colony velutinous, margins irregular; mycelia white (1A1); sporulation dense, greyish brown (8E3); exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse yellowish white (4A2). OA: Colony surface velutinous, margins irregular; mycelia white (1A1); sporulation moderate, dark brown (8F4); reverse white (1A1); sclerotia present, yellowish white (4A2) to yellowish orange (4A6–B7). YES: Colony surface velutinous, irregularly sulcate, margins irregular; mycelia white (1A1); sporulation dense, greyish brown (5E5); reverse pale orange (5A3) at centre, orange-white (5A2) at margin. CREA: Colonies weak growth, acid not produced.</p><p>Conidiophores uniseriate, radiate, splitting into 2–3 columns. Stipes 200–400 × 8–13 μm, hyaline, smooth. Vesicles 25–50 μm wide, globose to subglobose. Phialides 7–9 × 2.5–4 μm flask-shaped, covering the entire surface of the vesicle. Conidia 4.5–6.5 × 2.5–4 μm, brown, ellipsoidal, smooth. Ascomata not observed. Sclerotia 400–800 μm diam, yellowish white (4A2) when young, yellowish orange (4A6–B7) when mature.</p><p>Additional material examined: INDIA, Maharashtra, Pune, Mulshi, 18.460278°N 73.442222°E, from soil, 28 July 2023, Harikrishnan K &amp; Rajeshkumar KC (AMH 10691, NFCCI 5751).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039987A1A8557A58FF11B2AB30A62CA7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Harikrishnan, Kuniyil;Rajeshkumar, Kunhiraman C.;Patil, Ravindra M.;Jeewon, Rajesh;Visagie, Cobus M.	Harikrishnan, Kuniyil, Rajeshkumar, Kunhiraman C., Patil, Ravindra M., Jeewon, Rajesh, Visagie, Cobus M. (2025): Aspergillus dhakephalkarii and A. patriciawiltshireae spp. nov., two new species in Aspergillus sect. Nigri ser. Japonici (Eurotiales, Aspergillaceae) from India. Phytotaxa 695 (1): 57-79, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.695.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.695.1.2
039987A1A8557A51FF11B4EE376A2F0D.text	039987A1A8557A51FF11B4EE376A2F0D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aspergillus patriciawiltshireae Rajeshk., Harik. & Visagie 2025	<div><p>Aspergillus patriciawiltshireae Rajeshk., Harik. &amp; Visagie, sp. nov. (Figures 5, 6)</p><p>MycoBank No. MB857273</p><p>Etymology: Named after Prof. Patricia E. J. Wiltshire, “the queen of forensic science” who first started to use fungal spores in solving crimes, and was formerly based at Kings College London, then University College London, United Kingdom, and now The University of Southampton.</p><p>Holotype: INDIA, Maharashtra, Pune, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=73.44278&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.462444" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 73.44278/lat 18.462444)">Mulshi</a>, 18.462444°N, 73.442778°E, from soil, 28 July 2023, Harikrishnan K &amp; Rajeshkumar KC (holotype AMH 10778 [dried culture], ex-holotype NFCCI 5959 [living culture].</p><p>...continued on the next page</p><p>Diagnosis: Aspergillus patriciawiltshireae is morphologically distinct from its sister species, A. indologenus, A. japonicus and A. uvarum . Aspergillus patriciawiltshireae produces colonies with poor sporulation and abundant sclerotia in CYA and MEA at 25 ºC. In contrast, A. japonicus and A. uvarum produce colonies with dense sporulation and fewer sclerotia (Klich 2002, Perrone et al. 2008). Sclerotial production is not observed in A. indologenus (Varga et al. 2011) . Aspergillus patriciawiltshireae conidiophores have larger vesicles (30–55 × 30–50 µm) than those of A. indologenus, A. japonicus and A. uvarum (15–45 µm). However, they have comparable conidial shape, size and ornamentation viz. globose, echinulate and 3–4 µm wide (Table 2).</p><p>Classification: Aspergillus subgen. Circumdati sect. Nigri ser. Japonici .</p><p>Description: Colony diam (25 ˚C, 7 d, in mm): CREA 20–25; CYA&gt;70; CYA 30 ˚C&gt;70; CYA 37 ˚C 3; CY20S 35–40; CZ 45–50; DG18 10–15; MEA 55–60; MEA 30 ˚C 65–70; MEA 37 ˚C 3; MEAbl 50–55; M20S 65–70; OA 55; YES 50–55.</p><p>Colony characters (25 ˚C, 7 d): CYA: Colony surface velutinous, sulcate, margins irregular; mycelia white (1A1); sporulation sparse, brown (7E4); exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse white (1A1); sclerotia present, yellowish white (4A2) to yellowish orange (4B7). CYA20S: Colony surface velutinous, margins irregular; mycelia white (1A1); sporulation sparse; exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse white (1A1). CZ: Colony surface velutinous, plain, margins irregular; mycelia white (1A1); sporulation absent; exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse hyaline. DG18: Colony surface velutinous, margins irregular; mycelium white (1A1); sporulation sparse; exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse white (1A1). MEA: Colony surface velutinous, margins irregular; mycelia white (1A1); sporulation sparse, brown (7E4); exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse yellowish white (4A2); sclerotia present, yellowish white (4A2) to yellowish orange (4A6–B7). MEAbl: Colony surface velutinous, sulcate, margins irregular; mycelia white (1A1); sporulation absent; exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse yellowish white (4A2); sclerotia present, yellowish white (4A2). M20S: Colony velutinous, margins irregular; mycelia white (1A1); sporulation sparse, greyish brown (8E3); exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse yellowish white (4A2); sclerotia present, yellowish white (4A2). OA: Colony surface velutinous; margins irregular; mycelia white (1A1); sporulation moderate, dark brown (8F4); reverse white (1A1); sclerotia present, yellowish white (4A2). YES: Colony surface velutinous, irregularly sulcate, margins irregular; mycelia white (1A1); sporulation sparse, greyish brown (5E5); reverse orange-white (5A2). CREA: Colonies are slow-growing, and acid production is present.</p><p>Conidiophores uniseriate, radiate, splitting into more than 5 columns. Stipes 400–600 × 11–15 μm, hyaline, smooth. Vesicles 30–55 × 30–50 μm wide, globose to subglobose. Phialides 7–9 × 2.5–4 μm, flask-shaped, covering the entire surface of the vesicle. Conidia 3–4 × 3–3.5 μm, brown, globose, echinulate. Ascomata not observed. Sclerotia 400–600 μm diam, yellowish white (4A2) when young, yellowish orange (4A6–B7) when mature.</p><p>Additional material examined: INDIA, Maharashtra, Velhe-Mangaon, 18.31861°N, 73.505000°E, from the soil, 10 August 2023, Harikrishnan K &amp; Rajeshkumar KC (AMH 10779, NFCCI 5960).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039987A1A8557A51FF11B4EE376A2F0D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Harikrishnan, Kuniyil;Rajeshkumar, Kunhiraman C.;Patil, Ravindra M.;Jeewon, Rajesh;Visagie, Cobus M.	Harikrishnan, Kuniyil, Rajeshkumar, Kunhiraman C., Patil, Ravindra M., Jeewon, Rajesh, Visagie, Cobus M. (2025): Aspergillus dhakephalkarii and A. patriciawiltshireae spp. nov., two new species in Aspergillus sect. Nigri ser. Japonici (Eurotiales, Aspergillaceae) from India. Phytotaxa 695 (1): 57-79, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.695.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.695.1.2
039987A1A85C7A4EFF11B7C93769280C.text	039987A1A85C7A4EFF11B7C93769280C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aspergillus aculeatinus Noonim	<div><p>Aspergillus aculeatinus Noonim et al., Int . J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 58 (7): 1733 (2008) (Figure 7)</p><p>MycoBank No. MB505075</p><p>Classification: Aspergillus subgen. Circumdati sect. Nigri ser. Japonici .</p><p>Description: Colony diam (25 ˚C, 7 d, in mm): CREA 28–32; CYA&gt;70; CYA 30˚C&gt;70; CYA 37˚C 11–12; CY20S&gt;70; CZ 66–70; DG18 42–45; MEA 50–55; MEA 30˚C 27–28; MEA 37˚C 8; MEAbl 47–50; M20S; 60–62; OA 56–58; YES&gt;70.</p><p>Colony characters (25 ˚C, 7 d): CYA Colony surface velutinous, margin irregular; mycelium white (1A1); sporulation dense, brown (7E4); exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse yellowish white at the centre, white (1A1) at the margin. CYA20S: Colony surface velutinous, margin irregular; mycelium white (1A1); sporulation dense, brown (7E4); exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse white (1A1). CZ: Colony surface velutinous, margin irregular; mycelium white (1A1); sporulation absent; exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse hyaline. DG18: Colony surface velutinous, mycelium white (1A1); sporulation absent; exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse hyaline. MEA: Colony surface velutinous, margin irregular; mycelium white (1A1); sporulation dense, greyish brown (7E4); exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse yellowish white (4A2). MEAbl: Colony surface velutinous; margin irregular; mycelium white (1A1); sporulation dense, greyish brown (8E3); exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse yellowish white (4A2). M20S: Colony surface velutinous, margin irregular; mycelium white (1A1); sporulation dense, brown (7E4); exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse yellowish white (4A2). OA: Colony surface velutinous; margin irregular; mycelium white (1A1); sporulation moderately dense, brown (7E4); reverse white (1A1). YES: Colony surface velutinous, irregularly sulcate, margin irregular; mycelium white (1A1); sporulation moderately dense, brown (7E4); reverse orange-white. CREA: Colonies have weak growth, and acid is not produced.</p><p>Conidiophores radiate, splitting into poorly defined columns or 2–6 well-defined columns with age; stipes (277–)500–750(–813) × 10–14 µm, walls thin, smooth, hyaline. Vesicles 35–58 µm wide, globose; uniseriate. Phialides flask-shaped and cover the entire surface of the vesicle, measuring 6.5–9 µm. Conidia globose to subglobose often ellipsoidal, 3.25–4 × 3–3.8 µm, echinulate. Sclerotia not observed.</p><p>Material examined: INDIA, Kerala, Aniyaram, 11.724167°N, 75.584167°E, from soil associated with Murraya koenigii (rhizosphere), 29 January 2023, Harikrishnan K &amp; Rajeshkumar KC (AMH 10692, NFCCI 5749).</p><p>Notes: Phylogenetic analyses resolved our strain with others of A. aculeatinus . Our strain is morphologically comparable to the type strain (CBS 121060). However, sclerotia was not observed.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039987A1A85C7A4EFF11B7C93769280C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Harikrishnan, Kuniyil;Rajeshkumar, Kunhiraman C.;Patil, Ravindra M.;Jeewon, Rajesh;Visagie, Cobus M.	Harikrishnan, Kuniyil, Rajeshkumar, Kunhiraman C., Patil, Ravindra M., Jeewon, Rajesh, Visagie, Cobus M. (2025): Aspergillus dhakephalkarii and A. patriciawiltshireae spp. nov., two new species in Aspergillus sect. Nigri ser. Japonici (Eurotiales, Aspergillaceae) from India. Phytotaxa 695 (1): 57-79, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.695.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.695.1.2
039987A1A8437A4EFF11B011366C2C19.text	039987A1A8437A4EFF11B011366C2C19.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aspergillus brunneoviolaceus Bat. & H. Maia	<div><p>Aspergillus brunneoviolaceus Bat. &amp; H. Maia, Anais Soc. Biol. Pernambuco 13: 91 (1955) (Figure 8)</p><p>MycoBank No. MB292838</p><p>Classification: Aspergillus subgen. Circumdati sect. Nigri ser. Japonici .</p><p>Description: Colony diam (25 ºC, 7 d, in mm): CREA 26–30; CYA&gt;70; CYA 30˚C&gt;70; CYA 37˚C 12–26; CY20S 64–68; CZ 55–57; DG18 26–30; MEA 60–65; MEA 30˚C 66–68; MEA 37˚C 2–3; MEAbl 50–55; M20S;&gt;70; OA 60; YES&gt;70.</p><p>Colony characters (25 ˚C 7 d): CYA: Colony surface velutinous; margin irregular; mycelium white (1A1); sporulation dense, brown (6E4); exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse pale yellow (4A3) at centre, white (1A1) at margin. CYA20S: Colony surface velutinous; margin irregular; mycelium white (1A1); sporulation dense, brown (7E4); exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse white (1A1). CZ: Colony surface velutinous, mycelium white (1A1); sporulation absent; exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse hyaline. DG18: Colony surface velutinous, mycelium white (1A1); sporulation absent; exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse hyaline. MEA: Colony surface velutinous; margin irregular; mycelium white (1A1); sporulation high, brown (7E4); exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse yellowish white (4A2). MEAbl: Colony surface velutinous; margin irregular; mycelium white (1A1); sporulation high, brown (7E4); exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse yellowish white (4A2). M20S: Colony surface velutinous; margin irregular; mycelium white (1A1); sporulation high, greyish brown (7E4); exudates and soluble pigments absent; reverse yellowish white (4A2). OA: Colony surface velutinous, margin irregular; mycelium white (1A1); sporulation moderate, dark brown (8F4); reverse white (1A1). YES: Colony surface velutinous, irregularly sulcate, margin irregular; mycelium white (1A1); sporulation moderate, brown (5F4); reverse orange-white (5A2). CREA: Colonies have weak growth, and acid production is absent.</p><p>Conidiophores radiate, splitting into poorly defined columns; Stipes (192–)200–557 × 10–14 µm, smooth, hyaline. Vesicles 28–46 µm diam globose to ellipsoidal, uniseriate. Phialides 6–9 × 3.5– 4 µm flask-shaped and cover the entire surface of the vesicle, covering entire vesicle. Conidia 3.5–5 × 3–4 µm, globose to ellipsoidal, echinulate surface.</p><p>Material examined: INDIA, Maharashtra, Velhe-Mangaon, 18.325833°N, 73.521667°E, from soil, 10 August 2023, Harikrishnan K, Ravi Patil &amp; Rajeshkumar KC (AMH 10693, NFCCI 5752)</p><p>Notes: Phylogenetic analyses resolved our strain with others of A. brunneoviolaceus . Jurjević et al. (2012) observed acid production in A. brunneoviolaceus, but acid production on CREA is absent in NFCCI 5752.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039987A1A8437A4EFF11B011366C2C19	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Harikrishnan, Kuniyil;Rajeshkumar, Kunhiraman C.;Patil, Ravindra M.;Jeewon, Rajesh;Visagie, Cobus M.	Harikrishnan, Kuniyil, Rajeshkumar, Kunhiraman C., Patil, Ravindra M., Jeewon, Rajesh, Visagie, Cobus M. (2025): Aspergillus dhakephalkarii and A. patriciawiltshireae spp. nov., two new species in Aspergillus sect. Nigri ser. Japonici (Eurotiales, Aspergillaceae) from India. Phytotaxa 695 (1): 57-79, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.695.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.695.1.2
