MICRO-FUNGI FROM ANCIENT SAND AND MODERN VOLCANIC ASH

Soil micro-fungi species from ancient sand and new ash were studied fr om two selected areas of the world. Botryotrichum piluliferum, Curvula ria clavata, and Mucor griseo-cyanus were recovered in large numbers f rom 3-year-old ash of Mount Pinatubo, The Philippines. A total of 46 m icro-fungi species were found in the ancient sands surrounding Cheeps' pyramid of Giza, Egypt. Alternaria chlamydospora and Scopulariopsis b revicaulis were recovered from the Pharaoh's tomb chamber in the centr e of his pyramid.