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Mangrove Fungi - World Records

 
Genus Halophytophthora
Species spinosa
Substrate dead leaves
Habitat intertidal
Country Florida
Bahamas
Costa Rica
Bonaire
Columbia
Curacao
Haiti
Trinidad
Malaysia
Vietnam
Seychelles
Hawaii
Japan
Singapore
Host Species Rhizophora mangle
Brugierua gymnorhiza
Rhizophora stylosa
Laguncularia racemosa
Rhizophora apiculata
Rhizophora mucronata
Avicennia germinans
References Fell, Jack W. and Master, I. M. 1975. Phycomycetes (Phytophthora spp. nov. and Pythium sp. nov.) associated with degrading mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) leaves. Canadian Journal of Botany 53:2908-2922.

Newell, S. Y. et al. 1981. Acute impact of an organophosphorus insecticide on microbes and small invertebrates of a mangrove estuary. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 10:427-435.

Newell, S., Miller, J., and Fell, J. 1987. Rapid and pervasive occupation of fallen mangrove leaves by a marine zoosporic fungus. Applied and environmental microbiology 53(10):2464-2469.

Newell S.Y and Fell J. W. 1994. Do halophytophtoras (marine Pythiaceae) rapidly occupy fallen leaves by intraleaf mycelial growth?. Canadian Journal of Botany 73:761-765.

Tan TK and Pec CL. 1997. Tropical mangrove leaf litter fungi in Singapore with an empahsis on Halophytophthora. Mycological Research 101(2):165-168.

Leano EM, Jones EBG, and Vrijmoed LLP. 2000. Why are Halophytophthora speices well adapted to mangrove habitats?. Fungal Diversity 5:131-151.

Nakagiri A. 2000. Ecology and biodiversity of Halophytophthora species. Fungal Diversity 5:153-164.


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