It belongs to the group of black Aspergilli which are important industrial workhorses.

[1] It has been found both in marine environments in Bahamas and in soil in Puerto Rico.

[5] The genome of A. violaceofuscus was sequenced and published in 2014 as part of the Aspergillus whole-genome sequencing project – a project dedicated to performing whole-genome sequencing of all members of the genus Aspergillus.

[6] The genome assembly size was 36.01 Mbp.

[6] A. violaceofuscus has been cultivated on both Czapek yeast extract agar (CYA) plates and Malt Extract Agar Oxoid (MEAOX) plates.