The ex-type culture shows white floccose colonies with some
hyaline exudate on Czapek yeast agar. On MEA colonies are
white with a light brown centre. Isolates of A. terreus may vary in
colony morphology sometimes showing floccose colonies. The extype
isolate of A. terreus var. floccosus CBS 116.37, which CBS
directly received from Dr Shih, grouped in a distinct lineage, and
therefore we propose to raise the variety to species level. Thom &
Raper (1945) accepted the variety to accommodate colonies of A.
terreus with strongly floccose colonies and conidial heads which
are less compact and lighter in colour. Raper & Fennell (1965)
however, synonymised var. floccosus under A. terreus, because