Marine fungi of Div Island (India): Basidiomycota and Mitosporic fungi

The present paper deals with two species of Basidiomycetes and seven species of Mitosporic fungi encountered on intertidal woody debris from coast of Div Island (Arabian sea, India). Basidiomycetes include: Halocyphina villosa Kohlm. & E. Kohlm. and Nia vibrissa R.T. Moore & Meyers. Mitosporic fungi include: Cirrenalia basiminuta Raghukumar & Zainal, Clavatospora bulbosa (Anastasiou) Nakagiri & Tubaki, Hydea pygmea (Kohlm.) K.L. Pang & E.B.G. Jones, Matsusporium tropicale (Kohlm.) E.B.G.Jones & K.L. Pang, Trichocladium achrasporum (Meyers and R.T.Moore) Dixon, T. alopallonellum (R.T. Moore & Meyers) Kohlm. & V.-Kohlm. and T. lignicola I. Schmidt. The data provide information on the distribution of these fungi from India, apart from their description and illustrations.

Microfungi in the soil of Scots pine forest in Poland and Germany

The soil microfungi in two 17-year-old Scots pine forest soils were surveyed. One forest was located in Poland, and the other in Germany,300 km apart. The total number of fungal taxa detected was 55 and included 11 zygomycetes, 1 ascomycete and 43 mitosporic fungi. From the Polish and German soils, 145 and 122 isolates representing 43 and 32 fungal species, respectively, were recorded. The most common genera were <i>Penicillium</i> (25% and 44%) with 11 and 8 species, <i>Umbelopsis</i> (15% and 14%) with 2 species, <i>Oidiodendron griseum</i> (10% and 9%), <i>Mortierella</i> (8% and 3%) with 4 and 2 species, and <i>Trichodemta</i> (6% and 2%) with 3 and 2 species, in the Polish and German soils, respectively. Only 18 taxa (32.7%) were recorded in both soils. Twenty five separate taxa (45.5%) were re00rded only in the Polish, and 12 taxa (21.8%) only in the German soil. Three dominant species, with percentage > 3% in the fungal community, found in both soils were <i>Umbelopsis vinacea</i> (13.8% and 8.2%), <i>Oidiodendron griseum</i> (10.3% and 9%) and <i>Penicillium janczewskii</i> (3.4% and 11.5%). The small number of fungi shared by both soils contributes to the opinion that there is a high species diversity among the microfungi in one European Scots pine forest soil ecosystem.

Microscopic fungus-like organisms and fungi of the Słowiński National Park. I.

In the years 1996- 1998, the occurrence of microscopic fungus-like organisms and fungi in plant associations of seven permanent plots of the Słowiński National Park, Poland, was investigated. The plant associations included <i>Betuletum pubescentis,Betulo-Quercetum roboris, Cirsio-Polygoneum, Filipendulo-Geronietum, Myrico-Salicetum auritae, Phragmitetum australis</i>, and <i>Ribo nigri-Alnetum</i>. A total of 1509 plant samples representing 272 species in 48 families were collected. Three hundred and ten species in 79 genera of fungus-like organisms and fungi were found. Most species were recognized in the warmer and more humid year 1998. The highest number of species represented mitosporic fungi, and the lowest came from the phylum Oomycota. The fungi relatively frequently found also were those of Basidiomycota. The greatest diversity of species of the microorganisms was revealed in the <i>Cirsio-Polygonetum</i> and <i>Filipendulo-Geranietum plant associations.