Fungi Isolated from Soils

Abstract

About 350 soil samples were examined for fungi by either plating out or using Warcup's technique. From one to five media were used. None of these media seemed to be best, but Warcup's method was better than the usual plating out method for obtaining fungi. Nine Ascomycetes were identified that had not been reported before from soils. There were two more that had been reported only once quite recently. Eight species of imperfect fungi not previously reported and one only recently reported were identified. Six isolates of different genera of the imperfect fungi were found but specific determination was not made. A new genus, Levispora, in the Aspergillaceae, is described and a new species, Levispora terricola, is proposed. Dactylaria lutea is described and proposed as a new species.