N. Iqbal Sh",firdausebareen,"yousaf, FRESH-WATER HYPHOMYCETE COMMUNITIES IN A CANAL .1. ENDOPHYTIC HYPHOMYCETES OF SUBMERGED ROOTS OF TREES SHELTERING A CANAL BANK, Canadian journal of botany, 73(4), 1995, pp. 538-543
Seventeen species of freshwater hyphomycetes were found as endophytes
of roots of Mangifera indica, Populus hybrida, and Salix babylonica ex
tending into the water from crevices in the brick wall of a canal in L
ahore, Pakistan. More species were recovered by aerating than by plati
ng bark and xylem segments on malt extract agar. Endophytic species of
bark outnumbered those of xylem detected by aeration and plating meth
ods. Anguillospora longissima, Articulospora proliferata, Bacillispora
aquatica, Flagellospora curvula, Flagellospora fusarioides, Flagellos
pora penicillioides, Fusarium sp., and Tetracladium marchalianum were
produced in abundance on aerated root segments. Fusarium sp. dominated
other endophytic species of three tree species. Fifteen, 14, and 12 s
pecies were recovered from Salix babylonica, Mangifera indica, and Pop
ulus hybrida, respectively. Campylospora chaetocladia was confined on
the bark and Heliscus lugdunensis on the bark as well as xylem segment
s of Salix babylonica. Clavariopsis azlanii and Tricellula aquatica we
re recovered from roots of Mangifera indica.