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. 2024 Sep 20;13(9):813. doi: 10.3390/pathogens13090813

Table 13.

Aspergillus spp. associated with coffee cherry and coffee bean reported in several countries.

Coffee
(Coffea spp.)
Aspergillus spp. Country References
Coffea arabica—cherries and beans A. ochraceus (and possibly related species), A. carbonarius, A. niger Alta Paulista, Sorocabana, Alta Mogiana, and Cerrado Mineiro, Brazil [230]
Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora var. robusta A. melleus, A. sclerotiorum, A. steynii, A. westerdijkiae, A. aculeatinus, A. foetidus, A. niger,
A. tubingensis
Chiang Mai, Chumphon, Thailand [231]
Green coffee bean (Robusta and Arabica) A. carbonarius, A. niger,
A. ochraceus and related species in section Circumdati
southern and central Vietnam [232]
Coffee bean A. carbonarius, A. niger,
A. ochraceus
Paraná, São Paulo and Minas Gerais, Brazil [233]
Coffea arabica, Coffea canephora var. Robusta, Coffea liberica, Coffea excelsea A. ochraceus, A. westerdijkiae,
A. carbonarius, A. niger, A. japonicus
Benguet, Ifugao; Abra, Cavite, Ifugao, Cavite, Philippines [234]
Dry parchment, dry cherries and green coffee beans A. carbonarius, A. niger,
A. ochraceus
west region of Bafoussam and Dschang, Cameroon [235]
Coffea arabica, Coffea canephora L. var. robusta (Robusta coffee) green coffee beans A. candidus, A. sydowii, A. niger,
A. ochraceus, A. parasiticus,
A. fumigatus, A. flavus, A. versicolor
Brazil, Timor, Honduras, Angola, Vietnam, Costa Rica, Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, India, and Uganda [236]
Arabica—parchment and green coffee beans A. niger A. tubingensis, A. foetidus North Thailand [237]
Robusta—dried coffee cherries and green coffee beans A. carbonarius, A. niger,
A. westerdijkiae, A. aculeatinus,
A. sclerotiicarbonarius
South Thailand [237]
Coffee beans A. brasiliensis, A. flavus, A. lanosus, A. niger, A. ochraceus A. oryzae,
A. ostianus, A. sulphureus, A. tamarii, A. tubingensis
Minas Gerais,
Brazil
[238]