AN OVERVIEW OF ASPERGILLUS (HYPHOMYCETES) AND ASSOCIATED TELEOMORPHS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

An overview is given of literature concerning the genus Aspergillus Li nk and its teleomorphs, Chaetosartorya Subram., Emericella Berk. & Bro ome, Eurotium Link, Fennellia B.J. Wiley & E.G. Simmons, Neosartorya M alloch & Cain and Sclerocleista Subram. encountered in the Republic of South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tran skei and Zimbabwe up to 1993. The information is grouped under heading s that indicate the field of research, namely general mycology, plant pathology, human pathology, animal and insect pathology, industrial re levance and secondary metabolites and mycotoxins. An alphabetical list of recorded Aspergillus species is provided and the relevant host or substrate is given together with a literature reference, while the fun gal nomenclature has been updated. All the Aspergillus species that ar e regarded as common have been reported from southern Africa. No in-de pth research has been done here on this group, except for chemical wor k on mycotoxins.