Diversity of fungi from driftwood of Muthupet mangroves

Intertidal driftwood samples were collected from Muthupet mangrove environment, South East Coast of Tamilnadu, India. The wood samples were examined for fungi by plating method culturing on Potato Dextrose Agar Medium with sea water. A total number of 27 species of fungi belonging to 7 genera were recorded. Most of them were Deuteromycetes except Rhizopus. Out of 27 species Aspergillus niger was found to be dominant fungus followed by Aspergillus fumigatus and A. flavus. Thus the intertidal driftwood along Tamilnadu East Coast yield impressive diversity of fungi