MYCOBIOTA OF DECOMPOSING FLORAL WASTE MATERIALS

摘要

The role of fungi in decomposition of organic compounds is well known. Fungal diversity reflects the composition of mycobiota related to waste materials. The present study has concerned about the isolation & identification of fungi related to floral wastes. The process was done by conventional method of vermicomposting with different proportions of floral wastes and cattle dung, using appropriate media and techniques. The collected samples were examined to revel the population of filamentous fungi belonging to the class Ascomycota. The samples were examined by plate count analysis on CDA medium reveled average number of fungi from all the three seasons was 1.37xl05CFU/mL. In rainy season average factor was 1.065 where as in winter and summer seasonaverage factor was 0.978 and 0.958 respectively. Among all the fungi 12 strains were obtained more abundantly in all the three seasons. Aspergillus species were obtained as the most dominant genus among fungal community. Results were shown to presence ofdiverse genera of fungi included Mucor, Cladosporium, Alternaria, Aspergillus and Penicillium were dominant genera. Aspergillus and Alternaria were found to be most frequent isolated genera.