MICROFUNGI FROM A TROPICAL RAIN-FOREST LITTER AND SOIL - A PRELIMINARY-STUDY

A mycological analysis of soil and litter was carried out on a Malaysi an Dipterocarp forest. Results show that the number of propagules per gramme is 3 times higher in litter. Fifty-seven taxa were found in the whole. Isolates mainly belong to Trichoderma, Gliocladium and Penicil lium. P. simplicissimum and T. harzianum were the major species isolat ed from soil and litter at 25 degrees C but with higher relative densi ty of P. simplicissimum in the soil. Gliocladium viride and basidiomyc etes were dominant species when incubation was performed at 35 degrees C in litter. The diversity in species isolated was relatively low.