Addition to micromycetes of Lahore, Pakistan

A study of micromycetes of Lahore initiated during 2005 at Fungal Culture Bank of Pakistan (FCBP), Punjab University revealed the presence of 22 species of fungi. They were isolated from soil, air, khoya, stale bread, animal dung and diseased roots, leaves & fruits of various plants on MEA & PDA; a few, however, were recultured on other recommended media for verification of diagnostic characteristics. They include five species of Fusarium (F. equiseti, F. oxysporum, F. semitectum, F. lateritium & F. solani) three species of Penicillium (P. simplicissimum, P. citrinum & P. capsulatum) two species each of Aspergillus (A. candidus & A. peniicillioides) and Mucor (M. hiemalis, M. subtilissimus), one species each of Phytophthora (P. cinnamomi), Cunninghamella (C. elegans), Acremonium (A. kiliense), Absidia (A. cylindrospora), Rhizopus (R. nigricans), Doratomyces (D. microsporus), Choanephora (C. cucurbitarum), Cladosporium (C. cladosporioides), Torula (T. herbarum), Alternaria (A. alternata), Drechslera (D. hawaiiensis), Monilia (M. sitophila) and Sclerotium (S. bataticola). Two species of Pilobolus (P. longipes & P. crystallinus) found growing on dung did not grow in culture on any agar medium used in these studies.