Seed Fungi

CONTENTS 1. Alternaria alternata (Fries.) Keissler (Syn. A. tenuis Nces) 2. Alternaria brassicicola (Schw,) Wiltshire 3. Alternaria longissima, Deighton Mae Garive 4. Alternaria tenuissima (Kunze.Fr.) Wiltshire 5. Aspergillus candidus Link 6. Aspergillus fiavus link ex. Fr. 7. Aspergillus fumigatus, Fresenius 8. Aspergillus nidulans, (Eidam.) Winter 9. Aspergillus niger, Van Tiegh 10. Aspergillus oryzae Ahlburg. Cohn 11. Aspergillus ruber 12. Aspergillus sydowii (Bainier and Sartory), Thom and Church 13. Aspergillus tamarri, Kita 14. Aspergillus terreus, Thom 15. Botryodiplodia theobromae, Patouillard 16. Botrytis cinerea, Persoon 17. Cephalosporium humicola, Oudemans 18. Chaetomium brasiliense, Bat and Pontuel 19. Chaetomium globosum, Kunze 20. Cladosporium cladosporioides (Fr.) de Vries 21. Colletotrichum dematium (Fr.) Grove 22. Corynespora cassiicola (Berk. and Curt.) Wei 23. Cunninghamella elegans Lendner 24. Curvularia lunata (Walker) Boediju 25. Drechslera rostrata 26. Drechslera tetramera (Mc.Kinney) Subram and Jain Syn. Helminthosporium tetramera Mc. Kinney Bipolaris tetramera (Mc. Kinney) Shoem 27. Epicoccum purpurascens, Ehrenberg 28. Fusarium bulbigenum, Cooke and Massee 29. Fusarium equiseti (Corda) Saccardo 30. Fusariurn moniliforme, Sheldon 31. Fusarium oxysporurn, Schlechtendahl 32. Fusarium semitectum Berkeley and Ravene 33. Fusarium solani (Martius) 34. Fusarium udum (Berkeley.) 35. Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi.) Goid 36. Memnoniella echinata (Rivolta.) Galloway 37. Mucor echinulatus 38. Mucor hiemalis, Wehmer. 39. Mucor varians, Povah. 40. Myrothecium roridum, Tode. 41. Nigrospora oryzae, Hudson 42. Penicillium corylophilum, Dierck Syn. P. umbonatum Shopp. 43. Penicillium chrysogenum, Thom. 44. Penicillium citrinum, 45. Penicillium expansum (Link.) Thom. 46. Penicillium oxalicum, Thom. 47. Penicillium rubrum, Stoll 48.Phoma humicola, Gilman and Abbott 49. Rhizoctonia bataticola (Taub.) Butl. 50. Rhizoctonia solani, Kuhn 51. Rhizopus arrhizus, Fischer 52. Rhizopus nigricans, Ehrenberg 53. Sclerotium rolfsii Saccardo. 54. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. 55. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. 56. Sterile mycelium 57. Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke and Berthold

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