Cryptic Aspergillus species from clinical samples in USA, including a new species in section Flavipedes. Cryptic Aspergillus species from USA

From the clinical isolates that regularly receives the Fungus Testing Laboratory of the University of Texas Health Science Center (USA), we selected 37 belonging to those sections of the genus poorly known in clinical setting (i.e., Cremei, Flavipedes, Nidulantes, Terrei and Usti). A total of 16 species were identified, 13 considered rare and cryptic Aspergillus: A. europaeus (section Cremei); A. iizukae, A. micronesiensis, A. spelaeus (section Flavipedes); A. pachycristatus, A. quadrilineatus, A. spinulosporus, A. unguis (section Nidulantes); A. alabamensis, A. carneus, A. hortai (section Terrei), A. granulosus (section Usti). One isolate constituted a new species belonging to section Flavipedes.