Fungi isolated from Antarctic mosses

Microfungi were isolated from different moss species in Victoria Land. Twenty-eight taxa belonging to 18 genera were identified. New records for continental Antarctica were: Arthrobotrys superba, Conidiobolus sp., Penicillium minioluteum, Verticillium psalliotae and V. lamellicola. The most frequent...

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Published in:Polar Biology
Main Authors: TOSI, SOLVEIG, CARETTA, GIUSEPPE, CASADO B., GERDOL R.
Other Authors: Tosi, Solveig, Casado, B., Gerdol, R., Caretta, Giuseppe
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Springer Verlag Germany:Tiergartenstrasse 17, D 69121 Heidelberg Germany:011 49 6221 3450, EMAIL: g.braun@springer.de, INTERNET: http://www.springer.de, Fax: 011 49 6221 345229 2002
Subjects:
CONTINENTAL ANTARCTICA
MICROFUNGI
DIVERSITY
YEAST
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Victoria Land
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11571/119964
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-001-0337-8
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Summary:Microfungi were isolated from different moss species in Victoria Land. Twenty-eight taxa belonging to 18 genera were identified. New records for continental Antarctica were: Arthrobotrys superba, Conidiobolus sp., Penicillium minioluteum, Verticillium psalliotae and V. lamellicola. The most frequently isolated fungal species were: Cladosporium cladosporioides, Cryptococcus albidus, Cryptococcus laurentii, Geomyces pannorum var. pannorum, G. pannorum var. vinaceus, Mortierella antarctica, Cadophora malorum, Phoma herbarum and F. lecanii. Bryum pseudotriquetrum was the moss richest in fungal species. Within the Antarctic environment, moss is one of the microhabitats richest in microfungi, particularly in psychrophilic indigenous species.

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