Further Observations on Soil Fungi in Honduras

SUMMARY

Further studies on soil fungi in Honduras are reported. A number of rare or unusual fungi were isolated, among them Chaetoceratostoma longirostre, Curvularia pallescens, Emericellopsis humicola, Nectria haematococca, Metarrhisium anisopliae, Neurospora tetrasperma, Pithomyces chartarum, Preussia dispersa and Saksenaea vasiformis. Occurrence of these fungi in Central American soils is discussed. Isolation of three plant pathogenic fungi, Botryodiplodia theobromae, Verticillium theobromae, and Sphaerostilbe repens from soil is also reported. An unidentified fungus, which may represent an imperfect state of Xylaria, is described and illustrated.