Further Observations on Soil Fungi in Honduras

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Abstract
A survey of fungi found in banana soils of north Honduras is reported. A number of rare or unusual fungi were isolated, among them Chaetoceratostoma longirostre, Curvularia pallescens, Emericellopsis humicola, Nectria haematococca, Metarrhizium anisopliae, Neurospora tetrasperma, Pithomyces chartarum, Preussia dispersa and Saksenaea vasiformis. Occurrence of these fungi in Central-American Soils is discussed. Three plant pathogens, Botryodiplodia theobromae, Verticillium theobromae and Sphaerostilbe repens were among the fungi isolated. An unidentified fungus which may represent an imperfect state of Xylaria is described and illustrated.