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The fruit bodies are semicircular to fan-shaped brackets that measure up to 8 cm (3 in) broad by 10 cm (4 in) wide, with a thickness of 0.5–2 cm (0.2–0.8 in). The upper surface is initially white before aging to yellowish or grayish, and has a texture ranging from smooth to tomentose.
Aspergillus wentii was first described by German mycologist Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Wehmer in 1896. [3] Following a morphology-based classification scheme he created in 1901, Wehmer grouped A. wentii under a category of large Aspergilli that he called the "Macroaspergilli" due to its large fruiting body structure (the conidial head). [10]