For research purposes, EORTC/MSG Consensus Group have proposed definitions of proven, probable and possible invasive fungal disease. 11  However, these consensus definitions are much less useful for immunocompetent patients in the ICU, as the diagnosis of probable or possible IPA requires the presence of classic host factors. We used the AspICU criteria, which is an algorithm for diagnosing IPA in the ICU patients with positive Aspergillus endotracheal aspirate cultures, 7  to distinguish putative IPA from colonisation. However, the performance characteristics of the algorithm for COVID‐19 patients have not been validated with autopsy or postmortem biopsy data.