1Department of Botany, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500007
2Department of Botany, Govt. Degree College, Eturnagaram-506165, Distt. Warangal, A.P.
3Dept. of Botany, PG College of Science, Osmania University, Saifabad, Hyderabad-500004
Online published on 11 March, 2016.
Various soils viz. pond mud soil, forest soils, cultivated soils supporting different crop plants and rhizosphere soils of some crop plants from Andhra Pradesh were surveyed during 1964–2011 for microfungi. Altogether 348 fungal species have been isolated, identified and deposited. The data indicates that there is a hidden wealth of fungi in soil habitat. Among the fungi isolated hyphomycetous fungi have dominated the soils. Members of Basidiomycotina, Mastigomycotina (zoosporic fungi) and Zygomycotina were less frequent. Amongst the genera Aspergillus (38 species) and Penicillium (35 species) were predominant followed by Chaetomium (26 species) and Trichoderma (18 species).
Fungi, forest soil, rhizosphere soil, species
