The invalidly published name Aspergillus sydowii var. mulundensis was proposed for a strain of Aspergillus that produced new
echinocandin metabolites designated as the mulundocadins. Reinvestigation of this strain (Y-30462 = DSMZ 5745) using
phylogenetic, morphological, and metabolic data indicated that it is a distinct and novel species of Aspergillus sect. Nidulantes.
The taxonomic novelty, Aspergillus mulundensis, is introduced for this historically important echinocandin-producing strain. The
closely related A. nidulans FGSC A4 has one of the most extensively characterized secondary metabolomes of any filamentous
fungus. Comparison of the full-genome sequences of DSMZ 5745 and FGSC A4 indicated that the two strains share
33 secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters. These shared gene clusters represent ~ 45% of the total secondary
metabolome of each strain, thus indicating a high level intraspecific divergence in terms of secondary metabolism.