ABSTRACT
Toxigenic fungi were studied in beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) of Classes black and color, cultivated in different regions of the State of Santa Catarina, south region of Brazil. The mean counts of filamentous fungi were 2.8 x 103 and 6.7 x 103 CFU/g for beans Classes black and color, respectively. Penicillium spp., Aspergillus spp. and Phoma spp. were the most frequent genera isolated, followed by Ryzopus spp., Alternaria spp., Helminthosporium spp., Cladosporium spp., Botrytis spp., Fusarium spp., Trichoderma spp., Curvularia spp. and Dreschelera spp. Among beans Class black, 24.6 per center of the Aspergillus strains produced mycotoxins: 13.1 per center produced aflatoxins (AFs); 11.5 per center produced ochratoxin A (OTA) and 28.9 per center of Penicillium produced citrinin (CTR). On the other hand, 22.1 per center of Aspergillus strains isolated from beans Class color produced mycotoxins (16.7 per center produced AFs and 5.4 per center produced OTA), while Penicillium genera had 35.4 per center of CTR producing strains. The toxigenic species were A. flavus, A. parasiticus, A. ochraceus and P. citrinum Thom.