摘要
Studies on fungal species consortia of manglicolous fungi are very few.Observations of fungal species consortia may provide an idea on the fungal community structures and help in understanding ecosystem dynamics.In this paper,the fungal species consortia recorded on Nypa fruticans at Brunei is presented.Astrosphaeriella striatispora,Linocarpon appendiculatum,L.bipolaris,Neolinocarpon globosicarpa,Oxydothis nypae and Trichocladium nypae,were the frequently recorded fungi in this study.Three distinct fungal assemblages were found.One of these assemblages was typified by Astrosphaeriella striatispora,Linocarpon nypae and Oxydothis nypae in which the fungi occurred both in association with others as well as singly indicating a commensalistic occurrence.The second assemblage,was characterized by Linocarpon appendiculatum and Linocarpon bipolaris,the fungi occurred almost only in association with others,indicating a mutualistic behavior.The third assemblage was characterized by Anthostomella eructans,Anthostomella sp.and Trichocladium sp.which always occurred singly,indicating a possible antagonistic life style but the percentage occurrence of the last group was far low to attribute any antagonistic potential of these fungi in preventing other fungi from colonization.
