Soilborne fungi in wheat fields of Kirka Vicinity (Eskisehir-Turkey)

The quantity, quality, the seasonal and ecologic variation of microfungi in the soil samples collected with the Brown's technique from the five wheat fields of Kirka Vicinity, Eskisehir between August 1995 and May 1996 were s tudied. The dilution plate technique was used for isolation of microfungi. The number of microfungi ranged from 20.000 to 275.000 CFU. A total of 11 g enera (Alternaria, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Gliocladium, Microdochium, Pa pularia, Penicillium, Rhizopus, Talaromyces, Trichoderma, Verticillium) and 28 species (Alternaria alternata, A. radicina, Aspergillus flavipes, A. fi cuum, A. fumigatus, A. niveus, A. nutans, A. parvulus, A. terricola, A. wen tii, Cladosporium herbarum, Gliocladium roseum, Microdochium nivale, Penici llium adametzii, P. allahabadense, P. citrinum, P. commune, P. crateriforme , P. decumbens, P. estinogenum, P. lanosum, P. olsonii, P. paneum, P. piceu m, P. restrictum, P. rugulosum, P. velutinum, Talaromyces wortmannii) were determined. G. roseum and A. wentii were found as the most common species a nd both were detected in 5 separate stations. The probability of being new for Turkish soil mycobiota is considerably high for A. nutans, P. allahabad ense, P. crateriforme and P. paneum species.