| 1 | Occurrence of fungi in rhizosphere, rhizoplane and non-rhizosphere zones of some mangroves From the Sunderban mangrove swamps, West Bengal, a good number of fungi were isolated from rhizosphere, rhizoplane and non-rhizosphere zones of mangroves, viz. Avicennia officinalis L., Carapa moluccensis Lam., Heritiera minor Lam. and Rhizophora mucronata Lam. pH and salinity of rhizosphere mud were lower than non-rhizosphere while, the organic matter and moisture content were higher in the rhizosphere mud of all the plants. Highest number of fungi were isolated from rhizosphere zone. Ascomycetes were frequent in rhizoplane and Zygomycetes in rhizosphere; while, Basidiomycetes were conspicuous by their absence Source: Chowdhery, H.J.; Garg, K.L.; Jaitly, A.K. Indian J. Mar. Sci.. 11(2); 1982; 138-142. 0158. | ||
| 2 | Vertical distribution of fungi in Sunderban mangrove mud Of the 223 species of fungi isolated from different depths of mangrove mud 64 species are recorded for the first time. Highest number of fungi are isolated from surface layer and their number and frequency decrease with increasing soil depth. There is a direct correlation between number of fungi and amount of organic matter. Among the forms isolated few show specific occurrence at certain depth of mud. Salt tolerant forms are also isolated by supplementing the medium with higher concentrations of NaCl Source: Garg, K.L. Indian J. Mar. Sci.. 12(1); 1983; 48-51. 0180.
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