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An investigation was carried out on soil fungi in the area around Basrah. Of the 37 species isolated, 3 belong to the phycomycetes, 32 to the fungi imperfecti and 2 to the Mycelia sterilia. In general, the mycoflora was found to be poor both with regard to the number of species and numbers of their propagules.
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Ismail, A.L.S., Abdullah, S.K. Studies on the soil fungi of Iraq. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 86, 151–154 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03050941
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