SPANISH HYPHOMYCETES .16. SOME AERO-AQUATIC CONIDIAL FUNGI

Five aero-aquatic conidial fungi were found colonizing decaying leaves and twigs of deciduous and coniferous plants submerged in ponds and s treams in woodlands of Northern Catalonia, Spain. These are Aegeritina tortuosa (Bourd. & Gait.) Julich, Clathrosphaerina zalewskii Beverwij k, Pseudaegerita corticalis (Peck) Crane & Schoknecht, Spirosphaera fl oriformis Beverwijk and S. minuta Hennebert. A brief description eithe r from pure culture or from natural substrates is provided for each sp ecies. The reported species are new records to the Spanish mycobiota.