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A newAspergillus species,Aspergillus asperescens, is described. Three strains of this fungus have been isolated from soil and dung of bats in caves in Great-Britain and Poland. It is characterized by a yellow green colour, radiate conidial heads, two series of sterigmata, a brown conidiophore, hülle cells and subglobose conidia, which are smooth in young and rough in old cultures.
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Stolk, A.C. Aspergillus asperescens n. sp.. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 20, 299–304 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02543732
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