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Mangrove Fungi - World Records

 
Genus Aspergillus
Species niger
Substrate dead leaves, living leaves
mangrove mud, sand
seedlings
Habitat intertidal
soil
Country Texas
W. Bengal India
Hawaii
Okinawa
W. Mexico
Singapore
Florida - seedlings
Malaysia - live leaves
Tamil Nadu India
E. Mexico
Host Species Avicennia germinans
Avicennia alba
Rhizophora apiculata
Rhizophora mucronata
Avicennia marina
Rhizophora mangle seedlings
References Rai, J. N., Tewari, J. P. and Mukerji, K. G. 1969. Mycoflora of mangrove mud. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 38:17-31.

Lee, Benny K. H. and Baker, Gladys E. 1972. An ecological study of the soil microfungi in a Hawaiian mangrove swamp. Pacific Science 26:1-10.

Lee, Benny K. H. and Baker, Gladys E. 1973. Fungi associated with roots of red mangrove, Rhizophora mangle. Mycologia 65:894-906.

Newell, Steven Y.. 1973. Succession and role of fungi in the degredation of red mangrove seedlings. Estuarine Microbial Ecology, Stevenson, L. Harold Colwell, R. R. eds. :467-480.

Newell, Steven Y. 1976. Mangrove fungi: The succession in the mycoflora of red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle L.) seedlings.. Recent advances in aquatic mycology, E. B. Gareth Jones, ed. :51-91.

Chowdhery, H.J. and Rai, J. N. 1980. Microfungi from Mangrove Swamps of West Bengal, India. Nova Hedwigia 32:229-236.

Koehn, Robert D. and Garrison, Robert A. 1981. Fungi associated with Avicennia germinans from the vicintiy of Port Aransas, Texas.. Mycologia 73:1183-1186.

Araujo, Alberto, D'Souza, Joe, and Karande, A. 1981. Studies on fungi & yeast from the West Coast of India. Indian Journal of Marine Sciences 10:341-345.

Kuthubutheen, A. J.. 1984. Leaf surface fungi associated with Avicennia alba and Rhizophora mucronata in Malaysia. in Proceedings of the Asian symposium on mangrove environment research and management, Soepadmo et al eds. :153-171.

Ito T and Nakagiri A. 1997. Mycoflora of the rhizospheres of mangrove trees. IFO Research Communication 18:40-44.

Gonzalez MdC, Herrera T, Ulloa M and Hanlin RT. 1998. Abundance and diversity of microfungi in three coastal beaches of Mexico. Mycoscience 39:115-121.


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