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A mold producing large amounts of lipid were isolated from leaves, arable soils, rice straw, cowfeces, compost heaps and fermented soybeans. Among various sources, the microbes from leaves produced the large amount lipids, which were identified as Aspergillus sydowi SW 4-1. This study was focused mainly on the optimization of cultural conditions for lipid production by A. sydowi SW 4-1 and the characterization of the produced lipids. A. sydowi SW 4-1 was cultivated in a medium containing 27% sucrose for 17 days at 27℃ . Biomass was 4.99g/100 ml of the cultural medium and lipid content was 41.4% on a dry biomass basis. The major fatty acids were palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, and linoleic acid.
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