Author(s): A.I.I. Abdel-Hafez, M.B. Mazen and A.A. Galal
Article publication date: 1990-04-01
Vol. 8 No. 1 (yearly), pp. 153-168.
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Keywords
soil, fungi, Egypt
Abstract
122 species belonging to 36 genera were collected from 100 soil samples on glucose- Czapek's agar at 28°C. The most frequent species were Aspergillus niger, A. fumigatus and A. terreus followed by A. flavus, A. nidulans, Penicillium chrysogenum and Fusarium solani.
On cellulose-Czapek's agar at 28°C, 30 genera and 102 species were isolated. The most frequent species were A. fumigatus, A. terreus and A. niger followed by A. nidulans, A. flavus var. columnaris, A. flavus, P. chrysogenum, F. solani, Chaetomium globosum, Stachybotrys atra and Botryotrichum atrogriseum.