Spider Webs: Asource of allergenic spore and pollen
Abstract
This study concerns about the spore and pollen analysis of 50 spider webs, which were collected from the various intra and extramural localities of Osmania University campus, Hyderabad. Twenty nine Pollen taxa belong to 19 families were recorded. The palynotaxa viz., Peltophorum, Ailanthus, Prosopis, Holoptelea, Causarina, Eucalyptus, and the fungal spores viz., Curvularia, Nigrospora, Tetraploa, Torula, Teichospora, Dreschlera, etc. were recorded from the study. The trapped pollen and fungal spores in spider webs indicated allergenic environment.
Keywords
Spider webs, Pollen allergy
