Fungus Spores in East African Lake Sediments. VII.

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This study involves the content of fungal spores in a 7.78 m long core of sediment taken from Lake Chishi, a Zambian rift lake. This lake is entirely surrounded by swamp and an abundant growth of papyrus widely occupies its border. The oldest portion of the deposit has an age in excess of 38,000 years. The kinds of spores found at each level are illustrated. The population of spores is sparse at all depths. A few kinds occur at widely separated levels and are absent at intervening levels. Whether Caesalpinaceous species and papyrus served as hosts for any of these fungi remains unknown. The sediment deposited during the past few thousand years has a large organic matter content that probably was contributed largely by papyrus and Botryococcus. Factors that appear to be casually related to preservation of spores in sedi-ment, such as organic matter content, mineral matter content, oxidation, and chemical nature of the spore walls are briefly discussed.

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