Fatty acid methyl esters (FAME), mainly C16 and C18, were found in neu
tral leaf lipids of fourteen species out of fifteen ones analyzed. The
se FAME were characterized by TLC and GC-MS, and quantittion was made
by GC. Composition varied from 0.06 to 1.82 % by weight of extracted l
ipids. Fungal origin of the FAME was suggested