The ex-type strain of Aspergillus terreus var. africanus is grouped
in a distinct lineage from Aspergillus terreus and therefore we
propose to raise the taxon to species level. Raper & Fennell (1965)
considered this as a variety because they observed slow growing
colonies on Czapek agar bright yellow vegetative mycelium. CBS
130.55 = NRRL 2399 derived from the type is now more or less
floccose, with a yellow centre. Sporulation with yellow brown conidia
occurs at the edges of the colonies. The degenerated condition of
the culture also explains why we did not observe the sclerotiumlike
structures on malt extract agar + 20 % sucrose, which were
reported by Raper & Fennell (1965).