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- Title
Diversity of marine fungi in Pondicherry mangroves, east coast of India and systematic placement of Rhizophila marina.
- Authors
Devadatha, Bandarupalli; Pallam, Revanth Babu; Vemuri, Sarma Venkateswara
- Abstract
Although many novel marine fungi have been described from Indian mangroves, a significant number of mangroves in India have not been thoroughly investigated for marine fungi. This study highlights the diversity of marine fungi inhabiting dead and decaying wood of Avicennia marina and Rhizophora mucronata, collected from Thengaithittu and Veerampattinam mangroves of Pondicherry, Puducherry State, India. Through microscopic examination, a total of 52 species (in 48 genera) of marine fungi were identified, with 50 species (in 46 genera) belonging to the Ascomycota and 2 species (in 2 genera) belonging to the Basidiomycota. Previous studies recorded 69 marine fungi from Ariyankuppam and Mahé mangroves of Puducherry, and this study contributes 22 new records of marine fungi to this region. In this study, the phylogenetic placement of Rhizophila marina was determined, and this fungus was found to belong to the family Diatrypaceae.
- Subjects
PONDICHERRY (India); INDIA; MARINE fungi; MANGROVE plants; MARINAS; WOOD decay; AVICENNIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; WOOD-decaying fungi
- Publication
Botanica Marina, 2023, Vol 66, Issue 6, p603
- ISSN
0006-8055
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/bot-2023-0013