Some Filamentous Fungi on Grassland Vegetation from Kenya |
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Authors: | Caretta Giuseppe Piontelli Edoardo Picco Anna Maria Del Frate Giuseppe |
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Institution: | (1) Dipartimento di Ecologia del Territorio e degli Ambienti Terrestri, Sezione di Micologia, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Via S. Epifanio 14, 27100 Pavia, Italia;(2) Catedra de Micologia, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaiso, Casilla 92, V, Valparaiso, Chile |
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Abstract: | Herbaceous plants endemic to native Kenyan grassland on the Marula Estate were assessed for their phylloplane fungal occurrence
using leaf cultures on tap water agar. From 26 sampled plants, 261 fungal isolates representative of 58 genera and 92 taxa
were identified. The principal filamentous fungi were of the genera: Alternaria, Bipolaris, Curvularia, Epicoccum, Fusarium, Nigrospora, Periconia, Phoma and Pithomyces. The fungal species that occurred most frequently were: Alternaria alternata aggreate (73%), Pithomyces chartarum (73%) Nigrospora sphaerica (42%), Torula herbarum (30%) and Microsphaeropsis olivacea (27%). Fungi of limited occurrence were: Didymosphaeria oblitescens, Doliomyces mysoriensis, Endophragmiella dimorphospora, Parapericonia angusii, Podospora minicaudata,
Spegazzinia tessarthra, Sporormiella minima, Stagonospora vitensis, Stigmella effigurata and Truncatella conorum-piceae. It is postulated that the phylloplane of these endemic plants provides a niche for endemic fungi.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | herbs Kenya leaves microfungi |
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