MANGLICOLOUS FUNGI OF THE RED-SEA IN UPPER EGYPT

Random wood samples and decayed attached twigs of Avicennia marina wer e collected at three locations in intertidal zone of red sea and exami ned for the presence of higher marine fungi. Thirty-three species in a ddition to three unidentified species were identified in the present s tudy. The fungi included twenty-six Ascomycotina, six Deuteromycotina and one Basidiomycete. The most common species were Halosphaeria quadr icornuta, Leptosphaeria australiensis and Periconia prolifica.