Mycopathologia

, Volume 81, Issue 3, pp 173–176 | Cite as

Composition of the fungal flora of Syrian soils

III. Osmophilic fungi
  • S. I. I. Abdel-Hafez
  • A. I. I. Abdel-Hafez
  • M. I. A. Abdel-Kader
Article

Abstract

Eighty-one osmophilic species in addition to 2 varieties which belong to 31 genera were identified from 40 soil samples collected from different agricultural places in Syria on 40% sucrose-Czapek's agar at 28 ° C. The most frequent genera were Aspergillus (20 species + 2 varieties), Penicillium (19 species) and Rhizopus (1 species) which emerged in 100%, 90% and 55% of the samples comprising 41.86%, 37.98% and 5.03% of total fungi, respectively. From the preceding genera A. amstelodami, A. niger, P. notatum, P. albidum, P. citrinum and R. stolonifer were the most common and encountered in 50–72.5% of the samples contributing 5.03–11.55% of total fungi.

Five genera were recovered in moderate occurrence namely, Fusarium (4 species), Alternaria (3 species), Ulocladium (3 species), Drechslera (1 species) and Mucor (1 species) which occurred in 25–45% of the samples constituting 1.37–3.18% of total fungi.

Keywords

Agar Soil Sample Syria Aspergillus Fusarium 
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© Dr W. Junk Publishers 1983

Authors and Affiliations

  • S. I. I. Abdel-Hafez
    • 1
  • A. I. I. Abdel-Hafez
    • 1
  • M. I. A. Abdel-Kader
    • 1
  1. 1.Botany Department, Faculty of ScienceAssiut UniversityAssiutEgypt

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