Fifty-five species and two varieties appertaing to 23 genera were coll
ected and identified from 4 samples of dried fig and 3 dried samples o
f each of apricot, plum and raisin. Forty-nine species and two varieti
es belonging to 20 genera were isolated on 1% glucose-CzAPEK'S while 3
1 species and one variety belonging to 16 genera were isolated on 40%
sucrose-CZAPEK's agar medium at 28 +/- 2-degrees-C. Penicillium, Asper
gillus and cladosporium were the common genera on the two types of med
ia used. Alternaria and Pleospora were common on 1% glucose-CZAPEK's a
gar only while the genus of Eurotium was isolated with high occurrence
on 40% sucrose-CZAPEK's agar. The common species on the two types of
media used were Penicillium chrysogenum, Aspergillus niger and cladosp
orium cladosporioides. On 1% glucose-CZAPEK's agar, P. aurantiogriseum
, A. fumigatus, A. flavus, Alternaria tenuissima and Pleospora herbaru
m were isolated with high occurrence while A. versicolor, A. wentii, E
urotium amstelodami and E. chevalieri were common on 40% sucrose-CZAPE
K's agar. The different dried fruit samples were assayed for the natur
al occurrence of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 & G2, citrinin, ochratoxins, pa
tulin, sterigmatocystin, diacetoxyscirpenol, T-2 toxin and zearalenone
by thin layer chromatographic analysis. Ochratoxin A was detected in
all samples tested of apricot (50-110 mug/kg), fig (60-120 mug/kg) and
plum (210-280 mug/kg). The other mycotoxins under investigation were
not detected. All samples examined of raisin proved to be mycotoxin fr
ee.