Aspergillus qinqixianii
Aspergillus qinqixianii is a species of fungus in the genus "Aspergillus" which has been isolated from desert soil from the Taklimakan desert in China. It is from the "Nidulantes" section. "Aspergillus qinqixianii" produces asteltoxin, asperthecin, emericellin, 2-ω-hydroxyemodin, shamixanthones, terrein, curvularin and dehydrocurvularin. Growth and morphology. "A. qinqixianii" 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.