Fungi biodiversity in the freshwater environment of Iraq

ABSTRACT

The presence of aquatic fungi was studied in the Tigris river in Baghdad in two stations, The first in the surrounding area before Al-Kadhimiya City and the second at Al-Jadriyah bridge, in the winter and summer seasons during 2009-2010 and by means of 14 samples of the river, since been isolate and personification 21 species belonging to eight genera, five genera belong to Oomycetes and three types of fungi to Chytridiomycetes. The fungus Saprolegnia register the highest emergence of 50% followed by fungus Achlya 40%, while Dictuchus and Allomyces recorded the lowest emergence 0.5%