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Hydrobiologia

January 1995, Volume 295, Issue 1, pp 97-106

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Frequency of occurrence of fungi on wood in Malaysian mangroves

• S. A. Alias
• , A. J. Kuthubutheen
• , E. B. G. Jones

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Abstract

Over one hundred fungi have been reported on mangrove wood (Hyde and Jones, 1988; Jones and Kuthubutheen, 1989; Hyde and Jones, unpublished) from tropical and subtropical locations. A variety of factors affect the frequency of occurrence of these fungi, e.g . salinity, length of exposure of substrate, wood species and location within the mangrove. Two aspects are addressed in this paper: a) Comparison of the fungi present at three mangroves in Malaysia (Morib, Kuala Selangor, Port Dickson); and b) The fungi colonising specific mangrove wood, e.g. Avecennia marina, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza. Species diversity was greatest at Port Dickson with 63 fungi recorded while species composition varied from site to site. Common fungi at Morib and Kuala Selangor were Halocyphina villosa and Leptosphaeria australiensis along with Kallichroma tethys and Lulworthia grandispora at the latter site. None of these were common at Port Dickson, the dominant species at this site were Hypoxylon oceanicumand Massarina ramunculicola. A comparison of the fungi occurring on Avicennia marina and Bruguiera gymnorrhizaindicated that Halocyphina villosa was common on both timbers. Species diversity and abundance were greatest on Avicennia with the following fungi listed as common: Eutypa sp., Kallichroma tethys, Marinosphaera mangrovei, Phoma sp. and Julelia avicenniae.

Key words

mangrove fungi frequency of occurrence marine tropical

Title

Frequency of occurrence of fungi on wood in Malaysian mangroves

Journal

Hydrobiologia
Volume 295, Issue 1-3 , pp 97-106

Cover Date

1995-01

DOI

10.1007/BF00029116

Print ISSN

0018-8158

Online ISSN

1573-5117

Publisher

Kluwer Academic Publishers

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Authors

• S. A. Alias (1)
• A. J. Kuthubutheen (1) (2)
• E. B. G. Jones (2)

Author Affiliations

• 1. Department of Botany, University of Malaya, 59100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• 2. School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth, King Henry Building, King Henry I Street, PO1 2DY, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK

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