Abstract
The fungal flora of four types of soil from Andhra Pradesh (India) were analysed by dilution plate, soil plate, root burial and hemp seed baiting methods. By all the methods a total of 101 species of fungi comprising 43 genera was isolated. Fungi which live in the bare soil and sporulate profusely could be isolated by dilution and soil plate methods. The fungi that colonized the root bits included cellulose decomposing and root infecting fungi likeMemnoniella echinata, Fusarium ssp.,Rhizoctonia solani, Macrophomina phaseoli andSclerotium oryzae. Besides water molds andPythium spp., an Ascomycete could also be isolated by hemp seed baiting technique. For a comprehensive study of soil mycoflora, it is necessary that as many techniques as possible have to be employed.
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