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Mangrove Fungi - World Records

 
Genus Zygosporium
Species masonii
Substrate sand, sea grass
dead leaves, living leaves
fruit, seedlings
Habitat intertidal
aerial
Country W Mexico
Malaysia
Florida
Japan
Host Species Xylocarpus mollucensis
Sonneratia alba
Brugeiera parviflora
Ceriops tagal leaf, fruit, seedlings
Thalassium testudinum
Rhizophora mangle
Rhizophora mangle seedlings
References Meyers, Samuel P., et al. 1965. Thalassiomycetes VII. Observations on fungal infestation of turtle grass, Thalassia testudinum Konig.. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Carribean 15:548-564.

Fell, Jack W. and Master, I. M. 1973. Fungi associated with the degredation of mangrove (Rhizophora mangle L.) leaves in south Florida. in Estuarine Microbial Ecology, Stevenson, L. Harold and Colwell, R. R. eds :455-465.

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.

Kuthubutheen, A. J.. 1981. Fungi associated with the aerial parts of Malaysian mangrove plants. Mycopathologia 76:33-43.

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.

Nakagiri, A., Tokumasu, S., Araki, H., Koreeda, S., and Keisuke, T. 1989. Succession of fungi in decomposing mangrove leaves in Japan. Recent advances in microbial Ecology. Japan Scientific Societies Press :297-301.

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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