Aspergillus carbonarius (Bain.) Thom, J. Agric. Res. 7: 12. 1916.
Description：
Colony diameters on Czapek’s Agar 4.0-4.5 cm in 7 days at 25°C, basal mycelium white, velvety, marginal mycelium low; reverse white to dark grey; exudate clear to slight greyish yellow; conidial heads globose to radiate or rarely splitting into loose columns, deep olive or black (R., Plate XL); stipes 300-5720 × 6.4-31.5 μm, smooth to rough, thick-walled, uncolored to brown or reddish brown towards the vesicle; vesicles globose to subglobose 20-96 μm in diameter. Aspergilla biseriate, metulae covering the upper 1/2 to the entire sur-face of the vesicle, 14.0-50.0 × 6.0-14.0 μm; phialides 8.0-12.0 × 5.0-8.0 μm. Conidia spherical, 5.6-12.0 μm in diameter, spinulose when young, tuberculate at maturity.
Colony diameters on Malt Extract Agar 5.0-6.0 cm in 7 days at 25°C; conidial heads radiate to globose, or splitting into more or less well defined columns, blackish brown (R., Plate XLV); reverse uncolored.
Specimens：
Taiwan, Chiayi Pref., common species from stored paddy rice, 18 Dec 1986 (CCRC 32420); soil, Taipei City, 9 Oct 1987; rotten leaf, Taipei City, 3 Mar 1987 (CCRC 32112).
Habitat：
from stored paddy rice; soil; rotten leaf.
Distribution：
Taiwan, Nigeria, South Africa.
References：
Tzean, SS et al. 1990.
Provided：
S. S. Tzean and J. L. Chen
Note：
A. carbonarius is characterized by its very long stips and larger conidia than any other Aspergillus species with black spores.
Phylum：Anamorphic fungi >> Class： Anamorphic fungi >> Order： Anamorphic fungi 
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